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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1235 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2026
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GARFIELD UT-KANE UT-SAN JUAN UT-
1235 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM MDT THURSDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
KANE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1215 PM MDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES, SLOT CANYONS, RIVERS,
CREEKS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING. PROLONGED AND WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE TROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. THIS COUPLED WITH
NEAR-SATURATED SOILS WILL ALLOW RAPIDLY INCREASING FLOWS ACROSS ALL
WATERWAYS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA, INCLUDING ALL OF THE GLEN CANYON
NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. INCREASINGLY HIGH FLOWS ARE EXPECTED IN,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO...THE PARIA RIVER, WAHWEEP CREEK, WARM CREEK,
LAST CHANCE CREEK, CROTON CANYON, AND THE ESCALANTE RIVER BASIN AND
TRIBUTARIES. MANY BACKCOUNTRY ROADS WITHIN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED
TO BECOME IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1208 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES CONTINUE
TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
- GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, INCLUDING THE ESCALANTE
REGION. KODACHROME STATE PARK, TROPIC, CANNONVILLE, ESCALANTE,
AND BIG WATER
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS CAN BECOME UNSTABLE AND
UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3700 11247 3745 11243 3746 11224 3752 11224
3756 11220 3767 11208 3792 11206 3798 11160
3784 11112 3750 11089 3728 11079 3707 11100
3700 11126
GM
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