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000 

WGUS75 KSLC 312032

FFSSLC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

228 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2008



UTC017-025-053-312230-

/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080831T2230Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

GARFIELD UT-WASHINGTON UT-KANE UT-

228 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR

WESTERN KANE...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD

COUNTIES...



AT 224 PM MDT...REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING CONTINUE WITH 

MANY ROAD CLOSURES ...FLOODED SLOT CANYONS...DRY WASHES...AND SMALL 

STREAMS AFFECTING THE AREA.



ROAD CLOSURES IN KANE COUNTY INCLUDE THE COTTONWOOD ROAD...THE 

SKUTUMPAH ROAD...HOUSEROCK ROAD...AND SMOKEY ROAD.  OTHER ROADS IN 

THE AREA ARE PROBABLY AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING ALSO. 



IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE RAINFALL HAD FALLEN IN A WIDESPREAD 

AREA AND IT IS PROBABLE THAT MANY MORE ROADS AND HIKING TRAILS HAVE 

BEEN IMPACTED BY THE FLASH FLOODING.  PLEASE USE EXTREME CARE IF YOU 

ARE TRAVELING OR HIKING IN THIS AREA THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND 

NIGHTTIME 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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SUNDAY

EVENING FOR CENTRAL UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.



LAT...LON 3765 11232 3765 11141 3701 11154 3701 11295

TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 180DEG 0KT 3737 11199



$$



MCINERNEY

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000 

WGUS75 KSLC 312032

FFSSLC



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

228 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2008



UTC017-025-053-312230-

/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080831T2230Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

GARFIELD UT-WASHINGTON UT-KANE UT-

228 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR

WESTERN KANE...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD

COUNTIES...



AT 224 PM MDT...REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING CONTINUE WITH 

MANY ROAD CLOSURES ...FLOODED SLOT CANYONS...DRY WASHES...AND SMALL 

STREAMS AFFECTING THE AREA.



ROAD CLOSURES IN KANE COUNTY INCLUDE THE COTTONWOOD ROAD...THE 

SKUTUMPAH ROAD...HOUSEROCK ROAD...AND SMOKEY ROAD.  OTHER ROADS IN 

THE AREA ARE PROBABLY AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING ALSO. 



IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE RAINFALL HAD FALLEN IN A WIDESPREAD 

AREA AND IT IS PROBABLE THAT MANY MORE ROADS AND HIKING TRAILS HAVE 

BEEN IMPACTED BY THE FLASH FLOODING.  PLEASE USE EXTREME CARE IF YOU 

ARE TRAVELING OR HIKING IN THIS AREA THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND 

NIGHTTIME 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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SUNDAY

EVENING FOR CENTRAL UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.



LAT...LON 3765 11232 3765 11141 3701 11154 3701 11295

TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 180DEG 0KT 3737 11199



$$



MCINERNEY

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