Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Salt Lake City UT
Issued: 2013-07-24T16:31:58-06:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T19:30:00-06:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 7:30 PM MDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN UTAH…INCLUDING NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA.
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
* AT 423 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATES OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE
AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR.
* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED THROUGH CHOPROCK CANYON…NEON
CANYON…MIDDLE MOODY CANYON…EAST MOODY CANYON…AND OTHER SLOT
CANYONS AND SLICKROCK AREAS WITHIN GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA
OVER EASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY.
Instruction: 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.
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Area Description: Garfield