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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1245 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 1232 PM MDT...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING WITHIN ARCHES NATIONAL PARK NEAR THE DELICATE ARCH TRAIL
HEAD. THE NORMALLY DRY SALT WASH NOW HAS 4.5 FEET OF WATER FLOWING
THROUGH IT AND WAS ACTIVELY FLOWING ACROSS THE DELICATE ARCH ACCESS
ROAD.

THIS FLOODING HAS RESULTED FROM HEAVY RAINS WHICH OCCURRED LAST
NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING NORTH OF THE PARK. AS DICTATED BY
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH THE SALT WASH...IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS
FOR THE FLOODING TO SUBSIDE. UNTIL THEN...THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
HAS CLOSED THE DELICATE ARCH ACCESS ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3876 10952 3873 10949 3872 10952 3875 10954

$$

NL