844  
WGUS65 KSLC 161713  
FFASLC  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT  
1113 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2026  
 
UTZ113-117-120-170815-  
/O.EXB.KSLC.FA.A.0010.260916T1800Z-260918T0600Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-CASTLE COUNTRY-  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS - PRICE, INDIAN CANYON,  
SCOFIELD, EMERY, FISH LAKE, JOES VALLEY, CASTLE DALE, AND COVE FORT  
1113 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2026  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF UTAH, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, CASTLE  
COUNTRY, CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, DRY WASHES, SLOT CANYONS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND  
FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS SUCH AS SLICKROCK AREAS AND RECENT BURN  
SCARS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE  
AREA STARTING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING, WITH ANOTHER  
ROUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. ALSO,  
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, A MORE WIDESPREAD AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE  
RAINFALL WILL MOVE THROUGH, HELPING TO THE KEEP THE AREA  
SATURATED AND MORE EASILY PRONE TO FLOODING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.  
 
 
 
 
 
UTZ122-123-125>127-170815-  
/O.EXB.KSLC.FA.A.0010.260917T0000Z-260917T1200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
SOUTHWEST UTAH-LOWER WASHINGTON COUNTY-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-UPPER  
SEVIER RIVER VALLEYS-BRYCE CANYON COUNTRY-  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS - BRYCE CANYON CITY, ALTON,  
IVINS, BEAVER, HURRICANE, KOOSHAREM, PANGUITCH, MILFORD, CIRCLEVILLE,  
ST GEORGE, BRIAN HEAD, AND CEDAR CITY  
1113 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2026  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE  
TONIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF UTAH, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, BRYCE  
CANYON COUNTRY, SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS, UPPER SEVIER RIVER VALLEYS,  
LOWER WASHINGTON COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST UTAH.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, DRY WASHES, SLOT CANYONS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND  
FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS SUCH AS SLICKROCK AREAS AND RECENT BURN  
SCARS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP INTO SOUTHWEST  
UTAH THIS EVENING. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL POTENTIAL WILL  
BE OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY AFTER 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THE  
EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. FLOODING AT NIGHT CAN BE  
ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AND HARD TO SEE IF DRIVING AT NIGHT.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.  
 
 
 
 
 
UTZ129-170815-  
/O.EXT.KSLC.FA.A.0010.260916T1713Z-260917T1200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK AND VICINITY-  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS - TORREY AND LOA  
1113 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2026  
   
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF UTAH, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA, CAPITOL  
REEF NATIONAL PARK AND VICINITY.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, DRY WASHES, SLOT CANYONS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND  
FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS SUCH AS SLICKROCK AREAS AND RECENT BURN  
SCARS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. SEVERAL  
DISTURBANCES WILL FUEL DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL  
RATES IN EXCESS OF 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES PER HOUR. IN AREAS WITH  
TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS, RAINFALL RATES WILL EXCEED 0.50 INCHES  
PER HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS SUCH AS  
NORMALLY DRY WASHES, SLOT CANYONS, AND SLICKROCK AREAS.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.  
 
 
 
 
 
UTZ121-170815-  
/O.EXT.KSLC.FA.A.0010.260916T1800Z-260918T0600Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
SAN RAFAEL SWELL-  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS - GOBLIN VALLEY AND GREEN RIVER  
1113 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2026  
   
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF UTAH, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA, SAN RAFAEL  
SWELL.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, DRY WASHES, SLOT CANYONS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND  
FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS SUCH AS SLICKROCK AREAS AND RECENT BURN  
SCARS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE  
AREA STARTING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING, WITH ANOTHER  
ROUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. ALSO,  
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, A MORE WIDESPREAD AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE  
RAINFALL WILL MOVE THROUGH, HELPING TO THE KEEP THE AREA  
SATURATED AND MORE EASILY PRONE TO FLOODING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.  
 
 
 
 
 
UTZ124-128-130-131-170815-  
/O.CON.KSLC.FA.A.0010.000000T0000Z-260917T1200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-WESTERN CANYONLANDS-GLEN  
CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS - HANKSVILLE, KANAB, BIG WATER,  
SPRINGDALE, BULLFROG, AND ESCALANTE  
1113 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2026  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF UTAH, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, GLEN  
CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL, SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH, WESTERN  
CANYONLANDS AND ZION NATIONAL PARK.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, DRY WASHES, SLOT CANYONS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND  
FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS SUCH AS SLICKROCK AREAS AND RECENT BURN  
SCARS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. SEVERAL  
DISTURBANCES WILL FUEL DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL  
RATES IN EXCESS OF 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES PER HOUR. IN AREAS WITH  
TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS, RAINFALL RATES WILL EXCEED 0.50 INCHES  
PER HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS SUCH AS  
NORMALLY DRY WASHES, SLOT CANYONS, AND SLICKROCK AREAS.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.  
 
 
 
 
 
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