Flash Flood Warning

At 1034 AM MDT, gauge reports indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.25 and 0.75 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring. The river gauge on Pine Creek near the Escalante River indicated a 171 cfs flood wave hit the gauge around 915 AM.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.

SOURCE...Gauges reported.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of normally dry washes, slot canyons, creeks, streams and rivers.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Escalante, Pine Creek, Death Hollow, and the Escalante River Canyon.