Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Salt Lake City, UT
Areas Affected: Piute, UT; Sevier, UT
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Monday 6:55pm MDT
Alert Effective: Monday 6:55pm MDT
Alert Expires: Monday 8:15pm MDT
Event Onset: Monday 6:55pm MDT
Event Ends: Monday 8:15pm MDT
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City UT
Flash Flood: RADAR INDICATED
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MONROE CANYON BURN SCAR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHERN PIUTE AND SOUTH CENTRAL SEVIER COUNTIES... At 655 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Monroe Canyon Burn Scar. Between 0.4 and 0.65 inches of rain have fallen in the Monroe Canyon and Dry Canyon drainages. Flash flooding is ongoing. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow moving through Monroe Canyon and Dry Canyon. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding in and around the Monroe Canyon Burn Scar, especially within Monroe Canyon. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Monroe Canyon Burn Scar. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Monroe Canyon and Dry Canyon.
This is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall will cause extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks...streams...and ditches in the Monroe Canyon Burn Scar. Severe debris flows can also be anticipated across roads. Roads and driveways may be washed away in places. If you encounter flood waters...climb to safety. Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life. Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become unstable and unsafe.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5b269491863d520c890443f79824424688bd5424.001.1 Codes: UTC031, UTC041 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5b269491863d520c890443f79824424688bd5424.001.1