THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR BIG COTTONWOOD CREEK FROM THE HEADWATERS TO THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE JORDAN RIVER IN EAST CENTRAL SALT LAKE COUNTY IN UTAH UNTIL 100 PM MDT FRIDAY
* AT 107 PM WEDNESDAY…RECENT WARM TEMPERATURES HAVE LED TO ACCELERATED SNOWMELT. WARM TEMPERATURES TODAY AND THURSDAY WILL INCREASE THE SNOWMELT LEADING TO FURTHER INCREASES IN FLOWS ALONG BIG COTTONWOOD CREEK.
* THE LATEST FLOW ON BIG COTTONWOOD CREEK AT THE MOUTH OF THE CANYON IS 630 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND /CFS/. FLOOD FLOW IS 800 CFS.
* BIG COTTONWOOD CREEK IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD FLOW LATE THIS EVENING AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD FLOW THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 800 CFS…FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG BIG COTTONWOOD CREEK AS IT ENTERS SANDY CITY. AT THESE HIGH FLOWS ALL STRUCTURES ALONG BIG COTTONWOOD CREEK ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BANK EROSION AND POSSIBLE FLOODING FROM THE HEADWATERS TO THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE JORDAN RIVER
