Flood Watch

NWS Salt Lake City UT · US

Updated

Details

Flood Watch Remains In Effect Until 6 PM MDT This Evening

Event: Flood Watch
Issued: 2026-10-12 19:34:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-10-12 19:34:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-10-13 00:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-10-13 00:00:00 UTC
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, Castle Country, Central Mountains, Eastern Juab/Millard Counties, San Rafael Swell, Sanpete Valley, Sevier Valley, 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. This also includes recent burn scars such as Forsyth, Cottonwood, Silver King, France Canyon, and Monroe Canyon.

When

Until 6 PM MDT this 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. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

Additional details

- Anomalously high moisture will continue to impact the region. While this is expected to be a long duration rainfall event, scattered instances of heavier rainfall rates are expected with stronger storms yielding flash flooding concerns given saturated soils and prior burn scars. - 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

Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs
Eastern Juab/Millard Counties
Central Mountains
Sanpete Valley
Sevier Valley
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

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Salt Lake City UT
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-10-12 19:34:55 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~55s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M4RSRRXFM74R4CXDEPE92M5P
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.08378538c8782e45c7d65fb62a1a7069d2ca6413.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
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.2545
WMO heading: XOUS55
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 55

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6adcad4a51bc9405d726d99e6b4631ad7b3149fb.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-12 04:35:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a9342688a097168609d075c7ad92982045424177.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-12 19:32:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.eb8193b8fbd42ea37824d6a9b67048487fdf921c.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-11 12:42:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cc1a4f29ce65c9faf73dd41967ed533e60fa3f61.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-10 21:44:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.febe83dec79d9647ea38bca1558feb81bcc3f321.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-10 10:07:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fc1404fb79f5c1a650ab74c7cfa61947ff36a4d4.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-09 19:04:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	FFA
NationalWeatherService	FAA

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	FFASLC
WMOidentifier	WGUS65 KSLC 121934
NWSheadline	FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
EAS-ORG	WXR
VTEC	/O.CON.KSLC.FA.A.0012.000000T0000Z-261013T0000Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-10-12T18:00:00-06:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	[email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.eb8193b8fbd42ea37824d6a9b67048487fdf921c.001.1,2026-10-11T06:42:00-06:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cc1a4f29ce65c9faf73dd41967ed533e60fa3f61.001.1,2026-10-10T15:44:00-06:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.febe83dec79d9647ea38bca1558feb81bcc3f321.001.1,2026-10-10T04:07:00-06:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fc1404fb79f5c1a650ab74c7cfa61947ff36a4d4.001.1,2026-10-09T13:04:00-06:00

Locations

Location data

Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs
Eastern Juab/Millard Counties
Central Mountains
Sanpete Valley
Sevier Valley
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

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SAME	049013
SAME	049015
SAME	049039
SAME	049049
SAME	049051
SAME	049023
SAME	049027
SAME	049041
SAME	049001
SAME	049021
SAME	049053
SAME	049025
SAME	049017
SAME	049031
SAME	049055
SAME	049037
UGC	UTZ113
UGC	UTZ116
UGC	UTZ117
UGC	UTZ118
UGC	UTZ119
UGC	UTZ120
UGC	UTZ121
UGC	UTZ122
UGC	UTZ123
UGC	UTZ124
UGC	UTZ125
UGC	UTZ126
UGC	UTZ127
UGC	UTZ128
UGC	UTZ129
UGC	UTZ130
UGC	UTZ131