028  
WGUS75 KSLC 152331  
FFSSLC  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT  
531 PM MDT TUE SEP 15 2026  
 
UTC015-160145-  
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0124.000000T0000Z-260916T0145Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
EMERY UT-  
531 PM MDT TUE SEP 15 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT THIS  
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EMERY COUNTY...  
 
AT 531 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 0.50 AND 1.00 INCHES  
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, INCLUDING  
MUDDY CREEK, RAMP, CISTERN, DING, DANG, BELL, LITTLE WILDHORSE, CRACK  
AND CHUTE CANYONS. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING ACROSS WITHIN THESE  
DRAINAGES.  
 
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
FLASH FLOODING.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF SLOT CANYONS AND NORMALLY  
DRY WASHES.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
THE CHUTE OF MUDDY CREEK, LITTLE WILDHORSE CANYON, DING AND DANG  
CANYONS, CRACK AND CHUTE CANYONS, AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF GOBLIN  
VALLEY STATE PARK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN. DRY  
WASHES, STREAMS, AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A  
MATTER OF MINUTES, EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.  
 
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE  
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME  
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR  
CREEKS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3866 11106 3850 11099 3850 11081 3858 11059  
3875 11073  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
 
 
 
MPS  
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