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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

311 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2005



UTC015-017-025-037-039-041-055-040115-

SAN JUAN UT-GARFIELD UT-WAYNE UT-EMERY UT-SEVIER UT-SANPETE UT-

KANE UT-

330 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN

KANE...SOUTHEASTERN SANPETE...EASTERN SEVIER...SOUTHERN EMERY...

WAYNE...EASTERN GARFIELD AND WEST CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTIES...



HEAVY RUNOFF FROM LAST NIGHTS RAINFALL IS CURRENTLY FLOWING THROUGH 

SLOT CANYONS...DRY WASHES...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE WARNING

AREA. THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER NEAR GREEN RIVER IS FLOWING AT 1723 CFS. 

PRIOR TO THE RAINFALL THE RIVER WAS AT 900 CFS. DEER CREEK NEAR 

BOULDER IS FLOWING AT 208 CFS...AND PRIOR TO THE RAINFALL WAS AT 15 

CFS. THESE RISES ARE INDICATIVE OF MANY WATERWAYS IN THE AREA.



ADDITIONALLY...A MUDSLIDE HAS CLOSED STATE ROAD 14 ABOVE CEDAR CITY. 

THE MUDSLIDE HAS DIVERTED COAL CREEK...WHICH PEAKED AT OVER 1367 CFS 

DUE MAINLY FROM RAINFALL...INTO STATE ROAD 14 AND ERODED ENOUGH 

MATERIAL TO CLOSE THE ROAD. FLOOD FLOW ON COAL CREEK IS 1500 CFS. 

THIS RECENT HIGH FLOW IS THE PEAK FLOW FOR THIS YEAR.



THE STORM RUNOFF IN THE WARNING AREA WILL FLOW AT HIGH LEVELS 

THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE LONGER 

WATERWAYS WILL REMAIN AT VERY HIGH LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3763 11171 3709 11094 3861 10987 3900 11071

      3912 11137 3878 11173



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