Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
707 PM MDT MON AUG 25 1986

                 ...THUNDERSHOWERS IN THE UINTAS...

THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE DRIFTED INTO THE UINTA MOUNTAIN RANGE AREA FROM
WYOMING. SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGESTS THEY ARE INTENSIFYING.. ESPECIALLY
OVER EASTERN SUMMIT AND DAGGET COUNTIES.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSHOWERS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.. ALONG
WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN THE RECREATIONAL AREAS OF THE UINTAS
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IN THE EVENT HEAVY RAINFALL
OCCURS NEARBY. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS WHERE WATER ACCUMULATES.. AND BE
WARY OF ROCK OR MUDSLIDES NEAR STEEPER TERRAIN.

THESE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEFCAY WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS.. BUT FOR
THE TIME BEING A HEADS UP ATTITUDE IS IN ORDER.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF NECESSARY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
835 PM MDT MON AUG 25 1986

               ...THUNDERSHOWERS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 815 PM THIS EVENING A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN THE LAVERKIN AREA
NORTHEAST OF ST. GEORGE REPORTED 8 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN ONLY
20 MINUTES. THE OBSERVER ALSO NOTED GUSTY WINDS AND QUITE A BIT OF
LIGHTNING. SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE THE SHOWER IS DRIFTING SLOWLY
SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARDS ST. GEORGE.. AND SHOULD AFFECT OTHER PORTIONS OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY ALONG THE WAY THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

THIS BAND OF THUNDERSHOWERS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.. ALONG
WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN THE RECREATIONAL AREAS OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IN THE EVENT HEAVY
RAINFALL OCCURS NEARBY. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS WHERE WATER ACCUMULATES..
BE WARY OF ROCK OR MUDSLIDES NEAR STEEPER TERRAIN. IF POSSIBLE.. TAKE
SHELTER AGAINST THE LIGHTNING. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE.

ALTHOUGH THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH WITHIN A COUPLE OF
HOURS.. AN EYE TO THE SKY IS RECOMMENDED.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF NECESSARY.

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