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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

509 PM MDT TUE OCT 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEAST IRON COUNTY IN UTAH



* UNTIL 815 PM MDT



* AT 500 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM 

OVER STATE ROAD 14 AND THE COAL CREEK DRAINAGE. THIS ROADWAY 

CONNECTS CEDAR BREAKS NATIONAL MONUMENT TO CEDAR CITY.  THE COAL 

CREEK DRAINAGE HAS RECEIVED NEARLY AN INCH OF RAINFALL OVER THE  

MAJORITY OF THE WATERSHED.  THIS SAME WATERSHED EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS 

DEBRIS FLOWS THIS PAST SPRING...AND IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ADDITIONAL 

FLOWS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL. 



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 11308 3755 11288 3761 11288 3772 11304

      3767 11304



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