Flash Floods in May? (Halls Creek Narrows, Utah)

Day 18... another rainy day. Windy. Thunder. Sounds like a great day to go through Halls Creek Narrows, huh? Meh, we'll see how it shapes up. The rain is just not going away today. It's kinda a bummer. I was hoping it would warm up and I could dry off, but not so far. Getting close to the Narrows so we'll see what's going on when we get up there. Hiding out in a little make-shift shelter. Just trying to wait out another little downpour. Back behind me it's all sunny... where I'm headed... It's NOT. I definitely don't like the look of those clouds. Should I enter the Narrows with skies like this and thunder rumbling? The answer's yes. Gotta go. Before the rain starts. it's quite the canyon already oh here we go Getting deeper. Oooh! Going through the Narrows in the rain... probably not one of my smartest ideas. And she's coming down. Kids don't try this at home. I'm through the tightest spot, but still a lot of narrows to go. More thunder. Better keep moving. There we go. Day 18 Man I almost didn't come through the Narrows because of the rain... and now it's a beautiful day. I can't believe it, but a flood is coming through. this is why you don't hike when there's rain storms Man so that was scary. I could just hear the wind rushing through... and I stopped and thought. Is that the wind or is that a flood? Just as I was about to come through this little narrow section. I'm so glad I turned around and hightailed it back to... where I knew high ground. I think i did just in time. Stinks. Kind of smells like sewage or something. Not good. This is where I was when the flood hit. It's about an hour later now. Two hours after the flash... it's still flooding. But the waters are receding a slight bit. Day 19 -- the water is still flowing, but it's much much lower. Yes! I made it out of the Narrows! Now we've just got about 20 miles of walking. Just follow the Reef.

Channel: Jamal Green

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Keywords: Flash Flood, Flood (Disaster Type), Capitol Reef National Park (Protected Site), Halls Creek Narrows, Across Utah, Jamal Green, Hiking (Sport), Backpacking (Sport), Flash Flood Utah, Utah, Hayduke

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Length: 9min 34sec (574 seconds)

Published: Sun May 31 2015