Flash Flood Warning
NWS Salt Lake City UT ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 445 PM MDT This Afternoon For South Central Kane County
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 315 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated up to 0.75 inches of rain fell across Buckskin Gulch, Wire Pass, and the Wave. Although thunderstorms have moved away from the area, flash flooding likely ongoing.
Hazard
Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Life threatening flash flooding of creeks, streams, slot canyons, and normally dry washes. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Buckskin Gulch, Wire Pass, and the Wave. This includes US Route 89 between mile markers 14 and 27.
Instructions
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. Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. Dry washes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
Affected areas
- Kane County, UT
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Salt Lake City UT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~23s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KESA1BPM3RX5H3M3GNTMHR
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2f8ce9c87562a372d348df37ec21495e2740f6d3.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Salt Lake City UT
- AWIPS ID
- CAPSLC
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.5247
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFS |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFSSLC |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS75 KSLC 152115 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTY |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| flashFloodDamageThreat | CONSIDERABLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0123.000000T0000Z-260915T2245Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-15T16:45:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Kane County, UT
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049025 |
| UGC | UTC025 |
- Polygons
- 37.0,-112.08 37.13,-112.07 37.17,-111.9 37.11,-111.78 37.0,-111.78 37.0,-112.08