Flash Flood Warning

FFWSLC

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... The Upper Escalante River in Central Garfield County in southern Utah...

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 329 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain in the Upper Escalante River as well as North Creek, Birch Creek, Wide Hollow, and Death Hollow. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms producing life- threatening flash flooding in the Upper Escalante River.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, normally dry washes, and backcountry roads.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... The Upper Escalante River, North Creek, Birch Creek, Wide Hollow, and Death Hollow with flows anticipated to move downstream through the Upper Escalante River Canyon.