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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

529 AM MDT TUE JUL 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN UTAH...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ST GEORGE...



* UNTIL 830 AM MDT



* AT 524 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED THE VIRGIN    

  RIVER SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON DOWNSTREAM TO SOUTH OF ST. GEORGE.



VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE VIRGIN RIVER DRAINAGE SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON

WILL CAUSE A RAPID INCREASE IN THE FLOW THROUGH THE VIRGIN RIVER 

DOWNSTREAM TO ST. GEORGE. 



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3703 11362 3704 11347 3708 11338 3716 11331

      3710 11360



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