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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

727 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2008



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WASHINGTON UT-

727 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MDT FOR

SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...



AT 725 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING IN THE DRAINAGES THAT FEED THE 

FORT PIERCE WASH.  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER A PORTION OF NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY IN ARIZONA 

SINCE 300 PM MDT.  THE AREA WHERE THIS HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN DRAINS 

INTO THE FORT PIERCE WASH.  A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER IS 

EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE FORT PIERCE WASH IN SOUTH CENTRAL 

WASHINGTON COUNTY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE DRAINING INTO 

THE VIRGIN RIVER AT ST GEORGE.  



DANGEROUS FLOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

ALONG THE FORT PIERCE WASH THIS EVENING. 



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 3708 11358 3706 11339 3700 11335 3700 11354



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