Flash Flood Warning
NWS Salt Lake City UT ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 1030 AM MDT This Morning For South Central Garfield County
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 914 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Life threatening flash flooding of normally dry washes, slot canyons, streams, creeks, and rivers. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include the following slot canyons off of Hole-In-The-Rock Road... Spencer, Tunnel, The Gulch, Red Breaks, Zebra. This includes Utah Route 12 between mile markers 72 and 74.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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. 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.
Affected areas
- Garfield County, UT
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Salt Lake City UT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~32s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NCH9Y3JFYJA9BFRMG47V4G
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f09774f8de92e16e3d145d1aa209d6bc1d852279.001.1
- 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.4460
- 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 161514 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM MDT THIS MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| flashFloodDamageThreat | CONSIDERABLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0126.000000T0000Z-260916T1630Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T10:30:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Garfield County, UT
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049017 |
| UGC | UTC017 |
- Polygons
- 37.78,-111.19 37.89,-111.25 37.85,-111.37 37.62,-111.53 37.56,-111.42 37.78,-111.19