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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
631 PM MDT TUE SEP 15 2026
UTC015-160200-
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EMERY UT-
631 PM MDT TUE SEP 15 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EMERY COUNTY...
AT 631 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AROUND 0.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, INCLUDING IRON WASH, ERNIE CANYON AND EARDLEY
CANYON. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ONGOING.
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...
IRON WASH, ERNIE CANYON, EARDLEY CANYON, AND OTHER NEARBY SLOT
CANYONS WITHIN THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL.
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.
LAT...LON 3875 11073 3863 11063 3871 11051 3886 11040
3889 11057
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-0.75 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
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