Flood Warning
NWS Salt Lake City UT ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 230 AM MST Monday
- 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 is expected.
Where
South Central Garfield County in southern Utah... Northeastern Kane County in southern Utah...
When
Until 230 AM MST.
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, rivers, and slot canyons continue to have high flows due to excess runoff from recent rainfall, and additional rainfall is expected to maintain high flows through later this evening prior to receding.
Additional details
- At 1031 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. The Escalante River near Escalante Utah USGS gauge indicates high flows to nearly 400 cfs. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Escalante and Boulder. - - Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches 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 - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
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
- ~49s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M6DBZR2Z0HHZ11QDXHRWEC0Q
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bedf94fb0b78a74cbf78eaffa6347797cd06e044.001.1
- 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.8216
- 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 | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWSLC |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS45 KSLC 020533 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM MST MONDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KSLC.FA.W.0016.261102T0533Z-261102T0930Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-02T02:30:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Garfield County, UT
- Kane County, UT
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049017 |
| SAME | 049025 |
| UGC | UTC017 |
| UGC | UTC025 |
- Polygons
- 37.24,-111.06 37.6,-111.53 37.85,-111.79 37.93,-111.74 38.03,-111.28 37.7,-111.05 37.29,-110.85 37.29,-110.87 37.28,-110.87 37.24,-111.06