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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
245 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-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, GREEN RIVER, BRYCE
CANYON CITY, BIG WATER, ESCALANTE, HANKSVILLE, PANGUITCH, GOBLIN
VALLEY, ST GEORGE, CIRCLEVILLE, EMERY, BRIAN HEAD, LOA, CASTLE DALE,
PRICE, TORREY, KANAB, ALTON, HURRICANE, IVINS, KOOSHAREM, JOES
VALLEY, SPRINGDALE, COVE FORT, AND FISH LAKE
245 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS 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, 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...THROUGH THIS 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
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.
JAC
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