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Severe Watches and Warnings for St. George
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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1215 PM MDT MON AUG 1 2016
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN UTAH…INCLUDING
ZION NATIONAL PARK…DIXIE…CEDAR CITY AREA AND KANE COUNTY.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT
* SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON…AND PROPAGATE TO THE SOUTH THROUGH
THE EVENING. GIVEN THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE…FLASH
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* AREAS AT HIGHER RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE SLOT CANYONS…
NORMALLY DRY WASHES…AND SMALL STREAMS. THESE AREAS SHOULD BE
AVOIDED THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS WITH
POOR DRAINAGE AND BASEMENTS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT…
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY
