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WGUS75 KSLC 161514
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
914 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
UTC017-161630-
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GARFIELD UT-
914 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM MDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY...
AT 914 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES, SLOT
CANYONS, STREAMS, CREEKS, AND RIVERS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING SLOT CANYONS OFF OF HOLE-IN-THE-ROCK ROAD...
SPENCER, TUNNEL, THE GULCH, RED BREAKS, ZEBRA.
THIS INCLUDES UTAH ROUTE 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 74.
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 3778 11119 3789 11125 3785 11137 3762 11153
3756 11142
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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