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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

838 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



UTC017-025-040545-

GARFIELD UT-KANE UT-

838 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN KANE AND CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTIES...



THIS WARNING IS FOR THE ESCALANTE RIVER DRAINAGE AS WELL AS FOR THE 

HALLS CREEK AND BULLFROG CREEK DRAINAGES AND OTHER WASHES 

ORIGINATING IN THE WATERPOCKET FOLD OF CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK 

AND THE GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. 



STORMS HAVE ENDED OVER THE EASTERN DRAINAGES AS OF 830 PM AND HAVE 

WEAKENED AND SHIFTED TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE ESCALANTE DRAINAGE 

NEAR LAKE POWELL. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE INTENSE RAINFALL IN THESE 

AREAS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS...A LARGE FLASH FLOOD WAVE IS 

LIKELY STILL MOVING DOWN THE ESCALANTE DRAINAGE AND THE WASHES OFF 

WATERPOCKET FOLD ARE ALSO LIKELY STILL RUNNING. 



ANYONE VENTURING NEAR THESE DRAINAGES...PARTICULARLY THE ESCALANTE 

RIVER...THIS EVENING AND INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS NEED TO TAKE EXTRA 

PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE YOUR SAFETY AND AVOID THE STREAM CHANNELS. 



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.





LAT...LON 3781 11151 3796 11114 3796 11084 3755 11071

      3746 11071 3743 11076 3741 11072 3738 11076

      3734 11074 3731 11078 3735 11087 3728 11087



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