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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

146 PM MDT THU OCT 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS EXPANDED THE 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN UTAH

  KANE COUNTY IN UTAH

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KANAB

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN UTAH

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE



* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT



* AT 140 PM MDT...WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING 

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

HENRIEVILLE...ZION NATIONAL PARK AND THE GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALANTE 

NATIONAL MONUMENT.



THIS WARNING NOW COVERS ALL OF WASHINGTON COUNTY...THE WESTERN 

TWO-THIRDS OF KANE COUNTY INCLUDING THE PARIA RIVER DRAINAGE... AND 

THE ESCALANTE RIVER DRAINAGE IN GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES.



HEAVY RAINS HAVE SPREAD BACK INTO THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND 

WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THIS RAIN IS FALLING ON GROUND 

ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OF THE LAST TWO DAYS AND WILL 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF NUMEROUS SMALL DRAINAGES AND NORMALLY DRY 

WASHES. 



IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ON THE PARIA AND ESCALANTE 

RIVERS...AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. 



ADDITIONALLY...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3701 11406 3700 11166 3731 11115 3756 11080

      3780 11126 3768 11180 3754 11245 3741 11319

      3759 11364 3760 11405



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