Flash Flood Warning

At 127 PM MDT, A USGS gage camera on the Santa Clara River near Pine Valley has shown several pulses of 1 to 2 foot rises on the river. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.

Excessive rainfall over the burn scar has resulted in several pulses of muddy flow with some light woody debris moving through the Santa Clara River. Additional impacts are expected within the Pine Valley Recreation Area.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding in and around the Forsyth Burn Scar.

SOURCE...USGS Camera.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Forsyth Burn Scar.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Pine Valley, the Santa Clara River from its headwaters downstream to just below Baker Reservoir, Pine Valley Recreation Area.