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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1039 PM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
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WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN
RAFAEL SWELL-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS - GREEN RIVER, FISH LAKE, JOES
VALLEY, PRICE, EMERY, INDIAN CANYON, SCOFIELD, GOBLIN VALLEY, COVE
FORT, AND CASTLE DALE
1039 PM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS 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, SAN RAFAEL SWELL 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...
- A WIDESPREAD AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA TONIGHT, HELPING TO THE KEEP THE AREA SATURATED AND MORE
EASILY PRONE TO FLOODING. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
- 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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SOUTHWEST UTAH-LOWER WASHINGTON COUNTY-ZION NATIONAL PARK-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-UPPER SEVIER RIVER VALLEYS-BRYCE CANYON
COUNTRY-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK AND
VICINITY-WESTERN CANYONLANDS-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE
POWELL-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS - BULLFROG, PANGUITCH, TORREY,
ESCALANTE, BRYCE CANYON CITY, BEAVER, CEDAR CITY, BIG WATER,
KOOSHAREM, LOA, HURRICANE, SPRINGDALE, CIRCLEVILLE, IVINS,
HANKSVILLE, ST GEORGE, BRIAN HEAD, KANAB, MILFORD, AND ALTON
1039 PM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT THURSDAY
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF UTAH, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, BRYCE
CANYON COUNTRY, CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK AND VICINITY, GLEN
CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL, SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH, SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS, UPPER SEVIER RIVER VALLEYS, WESTERN CANYONLANDS, LOWER
WASHINGTON COUNTY, SOUTHWEST UTAH AND ZION NATIONAL PARK.
* WHEN...UNTIL 6 AM MDT THURSDAY.
* 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 BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
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.
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