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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
105 PM MDT WED OCT 8 2025
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WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN
RAFAEL SWELL-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 - IVINS, PRICE, KOOSHAREM, JOES
VALLEY, GREEN RIVER, LOA, BEAVER, KANAB, GOBLIN VALLEY, TORREY,
BIG WATER, PANGUITCH, ST GEORGE, BULLFROG, ALTON, HANKSVILLE,
BRIAN HEAD, COVE FORT, EMERY, ESCALANTE, HURRICANE, INDIAN
CANYON, CASTLE DALE, SCOFIELD, FISH LAKE, CEDAR CITY, MILFORD,
BRYCE CANYON CITY, SPRINGDALE, AND CIRCLEVILLE
105 PM MDT WED OCT 8 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF UTAH, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, CASTLE
COUNTRY, CENTRAL MOUNTAINS, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK
CLIFFS, 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...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF SLOT
CANYONS, NORMALLY DRY WASHES, SLICKROCK AREAS, RECENT BURN SCARS,
AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. BACKCOUNTRY ROADS SUCH AS
COTTONWOOD ROAD, SKUTUMPAH ROAD, HOLE-IN-THE-ROCK ROAD,
NOTOM-BULLFROG ROAD, BURR TRAIL, HOUSE ROCK VALLEY ROAD, HELLS
BACKBONE, AND SMOKEY MOUNTAIN MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION
THURSDAY MORNING, BRINGING WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN AND
INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN UTAH. AN INCREASED RISK OF FLASH
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY EVENING
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. AVOID TRAVELING INTO OR
THROUGH SLOT CANYONS, NORMALLY DRY WASHES, SLICK ROCK AREAS, AND
OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS. AVOID TRAVEL ON BACKCOUNTRY ROADS IN
THE WATCH AREA.
CRK
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