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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

305 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



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IRON UT-WASHINGTON UT-

305 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL IRON COUNTIES...



AT 305 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

WARNED AREA...INCLUDING NORTH ASH CREEK...LEAP 

CREEK...SOUTH ASH CREEK AND RED BUTTE CANYON AS WELL AS THE TOWN OF 

NEW HARMONY.



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST WEST OF NEW HARMONY...AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO 

CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES IN DOWNSTREAM CREEKS.



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SALT 

LAKE CITY.



LAT...LON 3759 11332 3757 11319 3737 11326 3739 11342

TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 312DEG 6KT 3738 11327



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