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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1129 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 2026
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CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-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 - TORREY, COVE FORT, ALTON, ST
GEORGE, JOES VALLEY, FISH LAKE, ESCALANTE, BULLFROG, KANAB, IVINS,
BIG WATER, LOA, BRIAN HEAD, BRYCE CANYON CITY, PANGUITCH, HURRICANE,
CIRCLEVILLE, SPRINGDALE, HANKSVILLE, AND KOOSHAREM
1129 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF UTAH, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS, 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 AND ZION NATIONAL PARK.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING 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 LATE SEASON SURGE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BRING WIDESPREAD
MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN UTAH
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY.
LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING.
- ALL NORMALLY DRY WASHES, SMALL STREAMS AND MAINSTEM RIVERS WILL
SEE ELEVATED FLOWS FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL, WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVIER RAINFALL RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. BACKCOUNTRY ROADS
MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE 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.
PEOPLE IN THE BACKCOUNTRY SHOULD ENSURE THEY HAVE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES
AVAILABLE IN CASE THEIR PRIMARY ROUTE BECOMES IMPASSABLE.
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CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS - EMERY, CASTLE DALE, GOBLIN
VALLEY, PRICE, AND GREEN RIVER
1129 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF UTAH, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, CASTLE
COUNTRY AND SAN RAFAEL SWELL.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 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 LATE SEASON SURGE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BRING WIDESPREAD
MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN UTAH
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY.
LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING.
- ALL NORMALLY DRY WASHES, SMALL STREAMS AND MAINSTEM RIVERS WILL
SEE ELEVATED FLOWS FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL, WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVIER RAINFALL RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. BACKCOUNTRY ROADS
MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE 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.
PEOPLE IN THE BACKCOUNTRY SHOULD ENSURE THEY HAVE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES
AVAILABLE IN CASE THEIR PRIMARY ROUTE BECOMES IMPASSABLE.
MPS
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