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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

645 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN UTAH



* UNTIL 900 PM MDT



* AT 636 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES        

  SOUTHEAST OF ESCALANTE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF THE 

HARRIS AND TWENTY-FIVE MILE WASHES AS WELL AS THE UPPER ESCALANTE 

RIVER. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN 

STEEP TERRAIN. THIS STORM MAY ALSO MAKE WATERS IN THE COYOTE AND 

SCOPRION GULCHES RUN HIGH AND SWIFT.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

PERSONS 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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