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WGUS55 KSLC 111807

FFWSLC

UTC025-037-053-112345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

1100 AM MST FRI FEB 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KANE COUNTY IN UTAH

  SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN UTAH

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN UTAH

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE



* UNTIL 445 PM MST



HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE SANTA CLARA AND VIRGIN RIVER DRAINAGES HAVE 

BROUGHT WATER LEVELS IN DRY WASHES...SMALL STREAMS AND SLOT CANYONS 

UP TO DANGEROUS LEVELS.  AS THE HEAVY RAINFALL SPREADS EASTWARD 

TODAY...SIMILAR RISES ARE EXPECTED ON RIVERS AND STREAMS IN KANE AND 

EXTREME WESTERN SAN JUAN COUNTIES.  



THESE SMALL TRIBUTARIES FEED LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE 

WARNING AREA.  THE FORECAST CALLS FOR WIDESPREAD RIVER FLOODING ON 

MAINSTEM RIVERS BY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY 

AFTERNOON...INCLUDING THE VIRGIN...THE SANTA CLARA AND THE PARIA.



THE FOLLOWING MAINSTEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOW AT THE FOLLOWING 

LEVELS:



RIVER                              PEAK FLOW           TIME

    

SANTA CLARA NEAR ST. GEORGE         1100 CFS            2PM SATURDAY

NORTH FORK VIRGIN RIVER             1500 CFS            7AM SATURDAY

VIRGIN RIVER AT VIRGIN              5300 CFS            7AM SATURDAY

VIRGIN RIVER NEAR HURRICANE         6500 CFS           11AM SATURDAY

VIRGIN RIVER NEAR BLOOMINGTON       9000 CFS            4PM SATURDAY

VIRGIN RIVER NEAR LITTLEFIELD      10000 CFS            8PM SATURDAY





AS FLOODING ALONG THESE RIVERS IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 

SATURDAY...AND FLASH FLOODING OF SMALLER STREAMS IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED AND 

REISSUED AS A RIVER FLOOD WARNING. 



RIVER BANKS ARE VERY UNSTABLE AND RISES COULD CAUSE FAILURE OF THE 

BANKS IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SANTA CLARA RIVER. 

PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD AVOID GOING NEAR THESE WATERWAYS 

AS THE FLOWS WILL BE COLD...FAST AND DANGEROUS. 



LAT...LON 3706 11400 3704 11060 3751 11053 3742 11332 3753 11358 

3757 11400



$$



MCINERNEY/WILENSKY

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000 

WGUS55 KSLC 111807

FFWSLC

UTC025-037-053-112345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

1100 AM MST FRI FEB 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KANE COUNTY IN UTAH

  SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN UTAH

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN UTAH

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE



* UNTIL 445 PM MST



HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE SANTA CLARA AND VIRGIN RIVER DRAINAGES HAVE 

BROUGHT WATER LEVELS IN DRY WASHES...SMALL STREAMS AND SLOT CANYONS 

UP TO DANGEROUS LEVELS.  AS THE HEAVY RAINFALL SPREADS EASTWARD 

TODAY...SIMILAR RISES ARE EXPECTED ON RIVERS AND STREAMS IN KANE AND 

EXTREME WESTERN SAN JUAN COUNTIES.  



THESE SMALL TRIBUTARIES FEED LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE 

WARNING AREA.  THE FORECAST CALLS FOR WIDESPREAD RIVER FLOODING ON 

MAINSTEM RIVERS BY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY 

AFTERNOON...INCLUDING THE VIRGIN...THE SANTA CLARA AND THE PARIA.



THE FOLLOWING MAINSTEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOW AT THE FOLLOWING 

LEVELS:



RIVER                              PEAK FLOW           TIME

    

SANTA CLARA NEAR ST. GEORGE         1100 CFS            2PM SATURDAY

NORTH FORK VIRGIN RIVER             1500 CFS            7AM SATURDAY

VIRGIN RIVER AT VIRGIN              5300 CFS            7AM SATURDAY

VIRGIN RIVER NEAR HURRICANE         6500 CFS           11AM SATURDAY

VIRGIN RIVER NEAR BLOOMINGTON       9000 CFS            4PM SATURDAY

VIRGIN RIVER NEAR LITTLEFIELD      10000 CFS            8PM SATURDAY





AS FLOODING ALONG THESE RIVERS IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 

SATURDAY...AND FLASH FLOODING OF SMALLER STREAMS IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED AND 

REISSUED AS A RIVER FLOOD WARNING. 



RIVER BANKS ARE VERY UNSTABLE AND RISES COULD CAUSE FAILURE OF THE 

BANKS IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SANTA CLARA RIVER. 

PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD AVOID GOING NEAR THESE WATERWAYS 

AS THE FLOWS WILL BE COLD...FAST AND DANGEROUS. 



LAT...LON 3706 11400 3704 11060 3751 11053 3742 11332 3753 11358 

3757 11400



$$



MCINERNEY/WILENSKY

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