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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

407 PM MDT MON AUG 24 2026

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

SOUTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...

* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT MONDAY.

* AT 407 PM MDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED HIGH FLOWS ON UPPER REACHES OF

THE PARIA RIVER SOUTH OF TROPIC. THIS FLOOD WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO

MOVE DOWNSTREAM PAST HIGHWAY 89 AND INTO THE LOWER PARIA RIVER

CANYON. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE UPPER REACHES

OF THE PARIA RIVER DRAINAGE. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING

FLASH FLOODING.

SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED.

IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, SLOT

CANYONS, AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

AREAS ALONG THE PARIA RIVER IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTY, INCLUDING

THE LOWER PARIA RIVER CANYON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD

DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN. DRY

WASHES, STREAMS, AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A

MATTER OF MINUTES, EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.

LAT...LON 3723 11192 3700 11184 3700 11188 3720 11195

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

JAC

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