Flood Watch
NWS Salt Lake City UT ยท US
Details
Flood Watch In Effect From 6 PM MDT This Evening Through Late Tonight
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
Where
A portion of Utah, including the following areas, Bryce Canyon Country, Southern Mountains, Upper Sevier River Valleys, Lower Washington County and Southwest Utah.
When
From 6 PM MDT this evening through late tonight.
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
- An area of showers and thunderstorms will develop into southwest Utah this evening. The period of heaviest rainfall potential will be overnight especially after 9 PM MDT this evening through the early morning hours on Thursday. Flooding at night can be especially dangerous and hard to see if driving at night. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
Affected areas
- Southwest Utah
- Lower Washington County
- Southern Mountains
- Upper Sevier River Valleys
- Bryce Canyon Country
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Salt Lake City UT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~31s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NKB5C1GVANWNPKGK73NCF4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3f11708ed198a309d16c4a414818b25fc01abccd.002.1
- 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.7280
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFASLC |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS65 KSLC 161713 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.KSLC.FA.A.0010.260917T0000Z-260917T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T06:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Southwest Utah
- Lower Washington County
- Southern Mountains
- Upper Sevier River Valleys
- Bryce Canyon Country
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049001 |
| SAME | 049021 |
| SAME | 049053 |
| SAME | 049017 |
| SAME | 049025 |
| SAME | 049031 |
| SAME | 049055 |
| SAME | 049041 |
| UGC | UTZ122 |
| UGC | UTZ123 |
| UGC | UTZ125 |
| UGC | UTZ126 |
| UGC | UTZ127 |