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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

402 PM MDT FRI AUG 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN UTAH

  SOUTHWESTERN PIUTE COUNTY IN UTAH



* UNTIL 530 PM MDT



* AT 357 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PIUTE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY

  STATIONARY.



THIS WARNING INCLUDES HIGHWAY 89 FROM CIRCLEVILLE TO ABOUT 10 MILES 

SOUTH OF CIRCLEVILLE. THE HEAVY RAIN COVERS MOST OF THE DRAINAGE 

AREA FOR COTTONWOOD CREEK...BIRCH CREEK...AND PINE CREEK.  

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS 

CONTINUING THE HEAVY RAINFALL. 



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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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