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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

646 AM MST SAT DEC 1 2007



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WASHINGTON UT-KANE UT-

646 AM MST SAT DEC 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM MST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN KANE AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...



AT 643 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN 

KANE COUNTIES.  



RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEARING TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN IN ZION NATIONAL 

PARK.  SLOT CANYONS...SMALL STREAMS...AND DRY WASHES IN THIS AREA 

ARE RUNNING AT VERY DANGEROUS LEVELS.  LA VERKIN CREEK...LOCATED IN 

THE VIRGIN RIVER BASIN... HAS RISEN FROM 60 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND 

(CFS) TO NEAR 1000 CFS IN THE PAST 7 HOURS. 



STREET FLOODING AND ROAD DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED EAST OF THE ST. 

GEORGE AREA DUE TO HIGH WATER AND HEAVY RAINFALL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS ADJACENT AREAS ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3701 11355 3752 11348 3749 11324 3748 11323

      3748 11315 3746 11314 3747 11306 3743 11270

      3703 11268

TIME...MOT...LOC 1346Z 180DEG 0KT 3722 11306



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