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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

420 PM MDT SAT AUG 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN UTAH



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT



* AT 414 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANGUITCH NEAR LITTLE CREAK PEAK AND     

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10-15 MPH



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM AND PREVIOUS STORMS ACROSS 

NORTHWEST GARFIELD COUNTY WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE CREEKS IN CONCERN ARE 

THREE MILE CREEK...BEAR CREEK...AND THE SEVIER RIVER FLOWING THROUGH

THE CIRCLEVILLE CANYON. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND 

MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



EARLIER SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED WATER OVER SOME ROADS ALONG WITH 

ROCK DEBRIS IN THIS AREA OF NORTHWEST GARFIELD COUNTY. THIS WARNING 

INCLUDES THE SAME WARNING AREA AS EARLIER AS WELL AS EXPANDED 

SOUTHWARD TOWARD PANGUITCH.



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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