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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

154 PM MDT MON OCT 9 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN KANE COUNTY IN UTAH...

  GARFIELD COUNTY IN UTAH...

  SOUTHERN EMERY COUNTY IN UTAH...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN UTAH...



* UNTIL 800 PM MDT.



* AT 151 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

  FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  TICABOO...HENRIEVILLE...HANKSVILLE...ESCALANTE...BULLFROG...

  BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK...BOULDER AND BIG WATER



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE WESTERN AND 

CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. THE PARIA AND ESCALANTE RIVERS 

AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES...AND THE WAHWEEP AND LAST CHANCE CREEK 

DRAINAGES ARE FLOODING CURRENTLY OR WILL FLOOD SHORTLY. CAPITOL REEF 

NATIONAL PARK IS REPORTING THAT THREE ROADS INCLUDING SCENIC DRIVE 

HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE ROADWAY. WHILE 

AREAS OF EMERY AND WAYNE COUNTIES HAVE SEEN ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAINFALL THIS MORNING...STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL UTAH AND FLOODING WILL OCCUR 

LATER AS RAIN BEGINS TO FALL HARDER.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SALT

LAKE CITY.



LAT...LON 3753 11229 3701 11219 3701 11136 3716 11111

      3750 11071 3790 11040 3817 10994 3856 11009

      3890 11019 3900 11017 3901 11129 3848 11129

      3848 11178 3808 11178 3809 11238



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