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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1128 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
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EMERY UT-GARFIELD UT-KANE UT-SAN JUAN UT-SEVIER UT-WAYNE UT-
1128 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM MDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHERN EMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL UTAH...
SOUTHEASTERN SEVIER COUNTY IN CENTRAL UTAH...
NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
EASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
NORTHEASTERN KANE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1115 AM MDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. PROLONGED AND
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT
BEFORE DISSIPATING. THIS COUPLED WITH NEAR-SATURATED SOILS WILL
ALLOW RAPIDLY INCREASING FLOWS ACROSS ALL WATERWAYS WITHIN THE
WARNED AREA, INCLUDING ALL OF CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK, AND THE
SAN RAFAEL SWELL SOUTH OF I-70. INCREASINGLY HIGH FLOWS ARE
EXPECTED IN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO...THE FREMONT RIVER, MUDDY CREEK,
THE DIRTY DEVIL AND ITS TRIBUTARIES, AND SLOT CANYONS WITHIN THE
SAN RAFAEL REEF.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1114 AM MDT, CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN
THE WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING ALONG THE FREMONT RIVER WHICH HAS CLOSED HIGHWAY 24
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80-86. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.6 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HANKSVILLE, CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK, TORREY, HITE MARINA,
TICABOO, TEASDALE, BULLFROG, HALLS CROSSING, CAINEVILLE, GOBLIN
VALLEY AND FRUITA.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3851 11141 3878 11113 3893 11024 3859 11009
3812 11014 3762 11053 3728 11079 3752 11090
3784 11112 3825 11150 3842 11151
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