Flood Watch issued October 11 at 6:42AM MDT until October 12 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT
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* 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...Through Monday afternoon. * 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 from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel 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 You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- UT, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- 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
- event
- Flood Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-11T06:42:00-06:00
- states
- ["UT"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-11T06:42:00-06:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.eb8193b8fbd42ea37824d6a9b67048487fdf921c.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cc1a4f29ce65c9faf73dd41967ed533e60fa3f61.001.1"]
- instruction
- You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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