Escalante River Flash?

[oldno7]

Anyone see this?

Flash Flood Warning
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
UTC017-025-220845-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z. OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
509 PM MDT SUN AUG 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN UTAH
NORTHEASTERN KANE COUNTY IN UTAH

* UNTIL 245 AM MDT MONDAY

* AT 452 PM MDT...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE
ESCALANTE RIVER DRAINAGE HAS GENERATED A FLASH FLOOD IN THE RIVER
CHANNEL. GAGE DATA SHOWS A 6 FOOT WALL OF WATER HEADING DOWNSTREAM
FROM THE TOWN OF ESCALANTE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL JUST
DOWNSTREAM OF THE TOWN MAY HAVE INCREASED THE SIZE OF THIS FLOOD
WAVE.

THIS FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO TRAVEL THE LENGTH OF THE ESCALANTE
RIVER CHANNEL FROM NEAR TOWN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE THE RIVER
EMPTIES INTO LAKE POWELL.

FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY OCCURRING IN ALVEY WASH...A MAJOR WASH
SOUTH OF THE ESCALANTE THAT EVENTUALLY JOINS UP WITH THE ESCALANTE
RIVER.

CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID THE MAINSTEM OF THE ESCALANTE RIVER
AND ALVEY WASH THE REST OF THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO STAY OUT OF
THE ESCALANTE RIVER CHANNEL TONIGHT.

[Bo_Beck]

Anyone see this?
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO STAY OUT OF
THE ESCALANTE RIVER CHANNEL TONIGHT.

YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope no one got caught in this one??????

[ratagonia]

You mean, like this... Yikes!

[canyonguru]

Wow that is nuts. Hope all is well down there and maybe some got some video of it.

[CarpeyBiggs]

wow!

[IntrepidXJ]

That would be a sight to see!