

000 

WGUS75 KSLC 040545

FFSSLC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

1145 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



UTC017-025-040559-

GARFIELD UT-KANE UT-

1145 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2007



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED AT 1145 PM MDT FOR 

NORTHEASTERN KANE AND CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTIES...



THIS WARNING WAS FOR THE ESCALANTE RIVER DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGES 

COMING OFF THE WATERPOCKET FOLD IN THE GLEN CANYON NATIONAL 

RECREATION AREA. 



RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN THESE AREAS. HOWEVER...ELEVATED FLOWS ARE 

STILL POSSIBLE IN THESE DRAINAGES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. 

THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN THE ESCALANTE RIVER WHERE VERY HEAVY 

RAINS FELL IN UPPER PORTIONS OF THE DRAINAGE AND THE FLOOD WAVE MAY 

STILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE RIVER CHANNEL. 



ANYONE VENTURING NEAR THESE DRAINAGES...PARTICULARLY THE ESCALANTE 

RIVER...TONIGHT SHOULD TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE THEIR 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



$$

