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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

439 PM MDT MON AUG 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN UTAH...



* UNTIL 745 PM MDT



* AT 432 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RADAR ESTIMATES OF OVER ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHWESTERN 

PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK AS WELL AS AREAS JUST WEST OF THE 

PARK. AFFECTED DRAINAGES INCLUDE NORTH CREEK AND LA VERKIN CREEK.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3748 11321 3748 11316 3746 11314 3746 11306

      3749 11304 3749 11300 3715 11303 3716 11325

TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 180DEG 0KT 3737 11310



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