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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

556 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN UTAH



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT



* AT 556 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ZION NP AND

  SPRINGDALE.



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.



A SHARP RISE OF 300 CFS WAS SEEN ON THE RIVER GAUGE ON THE EAST FORK 

OF THE VIRGIN RIVER. FLOOD WATERS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING DOWN THE 

VIRGIN RIVER NEAR SPRINGDALE AND POSSIBLY CLEAR CREEK IN ZION 

NATIONAL PARK. A LARGE RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH WAS OBSERVED IN 

THE THREE TRIBUTARIES OF THE VIRGIN RIVER EARLIER TODAY. PEAK FLOW 

ALONG ALONG THE VIRGIN RIVER NEAR SPRINGDALE WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE 

NEXT HOUR. AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF SPRINGDALE MAY SEE A PEAK WITHIN THE 

NEXT TWO HOURS.   



LAT...LON 3720 11311 3716 11315 3714 11293 3723 11297



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