Surgin' Virgin

[Deathcricket]

Nothing can move the log!!!

[mattandersao]

Nothing can move the log!!!

Chuck Norris?

[Deathcricket]

That log is actually a discarded Chuck Norris toothpick.

[accadacca]

From NWS. Yikes.

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MST THURSDAY FOR WESTERN KANE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 1004 AM MST... SOUTHERN UTAH WATERWAYS HAVE DECLINED SINCE THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND 1 INCH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WITH THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...RIVERS...STREAMS...DRY WASHES...AND SLOT CANYONS WILL ONCE AGAIN RISE. THE LEVELS ON THESE WATER COURSES ARE FORECAST TO REACH SMALLER PEAKS THAN THOSE OBSERVED ON TUESDAY...BUT FLOW AT VERY SIGNIFICANT LEVELS. AT TIMES...PRECIPITATION MAY BE INTENSE WITH THIS LATEST SEGMENT OF STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. AS A RESULT...SOME OF THESE WATERWAYS WILL RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT RAPID RISES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE NORTH FORK VIRGIN RIVER WHICH FLOWS THROUGH ZION NATIONAL PARK IS FORECAST TO RISE TO 4000 CFS AT 6PM WEDNESDAY. THIS RIVER PEAKED AT 5340 CFS ON TUESDAY AT 1 PM. TYPICALLY...THE NORTH FORK FLOWS AT 150 CFS. DUE TO THE HIGHER FLOWS A HISTORIC LANDSLIDE ADJACENT TO THE RIVER HAS EXPERIENCED MOVEMENT AND IS BEING WATCHED CLOSELY BY THE ZION NATIONAL PARK STAFF. THE VIRGIN RIVER NEAR THE TOWN OF VIRGIN IS CURRENTLY FLOWING AT 2841 CFS AS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND IS FORECAST TO RISE TO 7400 CFS BY 9 PM WEDNESDAY. THE PEAK IN THIS AREA ON THE VIRGIN RIVER REACHED 8500 CFS AT 11 AM ON TUESDAY. THE VIRGIN RIVER NEAR THE TOWN OF HURRICANE IS CURRENTLY FLOWING AT 5391 CFS AS OF 1030 AM ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO PEAK AT 9000 CFS AT MIDNIGHT THURSDAY MORNING...MUCH LOWER THAN THE PEAK OF 13600 CFS ON TUESDAY AT 10 AM. TYPICALLY...THIS STRETCH OF RIVER FLOWS AT 70 CFS. THE SANTA CLARA RIVER NEAR THE TOWN OF GUNLOCK IS CURRENTLY FLOWING AT LOWER LEVELS THAN TUESDAY PEAK LEVELS. THE RIVER GAGING NETWORK ON THE SANTA CLARA HAS BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO THE FLOOD FLOWS...AND EXACT FLOW MEASUREMENTS ARE CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE. IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THE RIVER IS FLOWING AT MUCH REDUCED LEVELS WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT WILL RISE AGAIN TODAY TO VERY HIGH LEVELS...BUT LOWER THAN TUESDAYS PEAK. THE VIRGIN RIVER NEAR THE TOWN OF BLOOMINGTON IS ALSO CURRENTLY FLOWING AT LOWER LEVELS THAN TUESDAYS PEAK OF 15822 CFS...BUT WILL ALSO RISE TO A PEAK FLOW LEVEL OF 13000 CFS BY 1 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THE FLOW AT THIS AREA OF THE VIRGIN RIVER IS BELOW THE CONFLUENCE OF THE SANTA CLARA RIVER AND THE VIRGIN RIVER. THE BEAVER DAM WASH EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT FLOOD DAMAGE JUST SOUTH OF THE UTAH BORDER INTO ARIZONA AT THE TOWN OF LITTLEFIELD. FOUR HOMES WERE ERODED OFF OF THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND WERE LOST. FLOWS ON THE BEAVER DAM WASH PEAKED AT 8700 CFS AT 10 AM TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY'S PEAK IS FORECAST TO RISE TO 4000 CFS...LESS THAN HALF OF THE VOLUME OBSERVED ON TUESDAY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THOUGH THAT THE BEAVER DAM WASH'S CHANNEL HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT EROSION... AND THE WATERWAY HAS CHANGED ITS COURSE. FLOOD DAMAGE TO THE HOMES WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS CHANNEL MOVEMENT...AND ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH THE WEDNESDAY'S PEAK FLOWS ARE FORECAST TO BE LOWER THAN TUESDAYS...SLOT CANYONS...DRY WASHES...SMALL STREAMS...AND MAINSTEM RIVERS WILL ALL BE AT VERY DANGEROUS LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHTTIME HOURS AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. GREAT CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN VENTURING NEAR THESE WATERWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS EVOLVE. &&

[tanya]

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.


That is interesting. I have not ventured out yet today, but its sure looks cloudy out my window. Perhaps snow today?

[Jammer]

Here are a few more from yesterday in the Virgin River Gorge on I-15. It's the highest I've ever seen, but one could tell the water had been quite a bit higher.

- Jamal

[tanya]

Dry here on the east side of Zion. The rain has even washed the snow away. My kids were playing basketball on the court in the backyard in the nice, warm sun today. Perhaps all the damage that is going to be done, is done?

[NevadaAngler1]

Thanks Shane. That means Gunlock will definitely have it's overflowing waterfalls in the spring! So awesome when it does!

So does Gunlock have any fish after the new dam was built?

[accadacca]