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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

533 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008



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WASHINGTON UT-

533 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...



AT 528 PM MDT...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RANGERS IN ZION NATIONAL PARK 

HAVE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE NORTHERN ASPECT OF THE 

PARK...SPECIFICALLY HOP CANYON.  THIS FLASH FLOOD IS ANTICIPATED TO 

FLOW WITHIN PARK BOUNDARIES UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING AND THEN MERGE 

WITH NORTH CREEK AND FLOW TOWARD THE TOWN OF VIRGIN.  



IF YOU ARE NEAR ANY OF THE STREAMS FLOWING OUT OF THE NORTHWESTERN 

ASPECT OF ZION NATIONAL PARK PLEASE BE VIGILANT AS HIGH WATER WILL 

REMAIN THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE 

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME 

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR 

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3745 11321 3745 11303 3737 11296 3720 11317

      3723 11328

TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 180DEG 0KT 3729 11310



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