Flash Flood Warning

FFWSLC

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... The Cottonwood burn scar in... East Central Beaver County in southern Utah...

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 317 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Cottonwood Burn Scar in Beaver county. Between 0.5 and 0.75 inches of rain have fallen. A flash flood wave has reached camera number one in Beaver Canyon and the storm has currently moved into the south fork of the Beaver River with additional rainfall. Flows are expected to increase over the next hour at the Beaver River camera one area. This flood wave will continue to move down canyon along the Beaver River and is expected to reach the Grove area within the next one to two hours. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow. 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 Cottonwood Burn Scar in Beaver county.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... The Cottonwood Burn Scar in Beaver county, Beaver Canyon downstream into the Grove area.