Flood Warning
NWS Salt Lake City UT ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until 430 PM MST This Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
Where
Central Garfield County in southern Utah... Northeastern Kane County in southern Utah...
When
Until 430 PM MST Sunday.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring within the Escalante River Basin. Many streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall, and additional rainfall is expected to maintain high flows through at least this afternoon.
Additional details
- At 1022 AM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1 and 2.25 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Escalante and along the Hole in the Rock Road. All slot canyons in this area. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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
- Kane County, UT
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Salt Lake City UT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~47s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M6C2EB3DY4X891VZ7D900743
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f3f5f1fa1c9a32018951a74e4958428260d12497.001.1
- 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.8149
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
References
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWSLC |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS45 KSLC 011727 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KSLC.FA.W.0014.000000T0000Z-261101T2330Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-01T16:30:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Garfield County, UT
- Kane County, UT
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049017 |
| SAME | 049025 |
| UGC | UTC017 |
| UGC | UTC025 |
- Polygons
- 37.92,-111.75 38.04,-111.28 37.64,-111.02 37.29,-110.85 37.29,-110.87 37.28,-110.87 37.27,-110.88 37.24,-111.07 37.62,-111.56 37.85,-111.79 37.92,-111.75