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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

503 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL IRON COUNTY IN UTAH



* UNTIL 800 PM MDT



* AT 457 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT CEDAR CITY AND      

  STATE ROUTE 14 EAST OF CEDAR CITY.   



FLASH FLOODING FROM COAL CREEK HAS DEVELOPED ALONG STATE ROUTE 14 

EAST OF CEDAR CITY. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND NUMEROUS DEBRIS SLIDES 

ARE CREATING DEBRIS DAMS WHICH ARE DIVERTING THE CREEK ONTO THE 

HIGHWAY.  



THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA AGAIN BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM.  

THESE STORMS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL FURTHER 

AGGRAVATE THE EXISTING FLASH FLOODING.  FLASH FLOODING ALONG COAL 

CREEK COULD MOVE INTO CEDAR CITY EARLY THIS EVENING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3763 11307 3756 11288 3762 11287 3771 11308



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