Flood Watch
NWS Salt Lake City UT ยท US
Details
Flood Watch Now In Effect Through Thursday Evening
- 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 area, San Rafael Swell.
When
Through Thursday evening.
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
- Several rounds of thunderstorms may bring heavy rainfall to the area starting this afternoon through this evening, with another round Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening. Also, overnight tonight, a more widespread area of light to moderate rainfall will move through, helping to the keep the area saturated and more easily prone to flooding. - 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
- San Rafael Swell
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
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2NKB5JKTZFPF5ZM722WZRFV
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3f11708ed198a309d16c4a414818b25fc01abccd.004.1
- 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.7283
- 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
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFASLC |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS65 KSLC 161713 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KSLC.FA.A.0010.260916T1800Z-260918T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T00:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ffb89bc68a10e004ed16090d18cb63a99bf7067e.002.1,2026-09-15T11:58:00-06:00 |
Locations
Location data
- San Rafael Swell
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049015 |
| SAME | 049041 |
| UGC | UTZ121 |