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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

737 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



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SAN JUAN UT-GARFIELD UT-KANE UT-

737 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN KANE...SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN

COUNTIES...



AT 736 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

SWATH OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN 

PORTIONS OF GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. ALTHOUGH HEAVY 

RAINFALL HAS ENDED...FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH 

SLOT CANYONS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 

EVENING HOURS.



THIS WARNING INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE 

NATIONAL MONUMENT AS WELL AS THE GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION 

AREA. THE WARNING INCLUDES HARRIS WASH...TWENTY FIVE MILE WASH AND 

THE HOLE IN THE ROCK ROAD AS WELL AS THE ESCALANTE RIVER FROM NEAR 

THE GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA BORDER TO GLEN CANYON.



NORMALLY DRY WASHES ALONG THE HOLE IN THE ROCK ROAD WILL BE FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WASHOUTS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE 

ROUTE. EXTREME CAUTION IS URGED IN THE VICINITY OF NORMALLY DRY 

WASHES IN THIS AREA.



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 3766 11144 3778 11106 3715 11070 3710 11098

TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 180DEG 0KT 3759 11124



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