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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

446 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN SALT LAKE COUNTY IN UTAH

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN UTAH COUNTY IN UTAH



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT



* AT 443 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS  

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER BLUFFDALE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES       

  SOUTHWEST OF SANDY...MOVING   NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER RIVERTON AT 455 PM MDT

  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST JORDAN AT 500 PM MDT



FLASH FLOODING AND MUD FLOWS ARE LIKELY IN THE RECENT BURNED AREA OF 

CAMP WILLIAMS AND THE HERRIMAN FOOTHILLS. AWAY FROM THE BURN AREA... 

URBAN STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SALT LAKE CITY.



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