552  
WGUS75 KSLC 220104  
FFSSLC  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT  
704 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2026  
 
UTC021-025-053-220200-  
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0150.000000T0000Z-261022T0200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
IRON UT-KANE UT-WASHINGTON UT-  
704 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING  
FOR SOUTHEASTERN IRON, WEST CENTRAL KANE AND EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON  
COUNTIES...  
 
AT 704 PM MDT, ZION NATIONAL PARK RANGERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING  
ONGOING ACROSS THE PARK. THE USGS GAUGE LOCATED ON THE NORTH FORK OF  
THE VIRGIN RIVER HAS ALSO OBSERVED A RISE OF AROUND 3 FEET. UP TO  
0.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING.  
 
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
FLASH FLOODING.  
 
SOURCE...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND GAUGES REPORTED.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF SLOT CANYONS, NORMALLY  
DRY WASHES, CREEKS, AND STREAMS.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
ZION NATIONAL PARK, SPRINGDALE AND ROCKVILLE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.  
 
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME  
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.  
 
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 3748 11321 3749 11321 3749 11314 3745 11315  
3745 11309 3737 11308 3737 11290 3725 11290  
3725 11286 3717 11287 3716 11310 3737 11312  
3737 11321 3745 11322  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
 

 
 
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