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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

1235 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN UTAH...

  WESTERN KANE COUNTY IN UTAH...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KANAB...

  SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN UTAH...



* UNTIL 430 PM MDT



* AT 1230 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL. AREAS NEAR SR 89 IN CENTRAL KANE COUNTY 

RECORDED 1.53 INCHES BETWEEN 4AM AND NOON TODAY. THIS RAINFALL IS 

FAIRLY WIDESPREAD. SLOT CANYONS...DRY WASHES...AND SMALL STREAMS IN 

THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO FLASH FLOOD DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE 

PRECIPITATION VOLUMES OVER THIS TIME.



RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN THIS AREA THROUGHOUT THE 

DAY...BUT IT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS TO DEWATER THE STREAMS 

AND RIVERS. ALL OF THESE AREAS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE 

REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS.



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 3765 11232 3765 11141 3701 11154 3701 11295

TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 180DEG 0KT 3737 11199



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