NWS Salt Lake City UTFF.W 0126September 16, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Garfield, UT
The National Weather Service office in Salt Lake City issued a flash flood warning for Garfield in Utah, which was in force until 10:30 a.m. local time on September 16. It was the 126th flash flood warning the NWS office in Salt Lake City issued in 2026. Utah had 33 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 10 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Utah's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Salt Lake City UT
- Area
- Garfield
- State
- Utah
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:29 a.m. MDT, September 16, 2026
- Expires
- 10:30 a.m. MDT, September 16, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KSLC FF.W 0126
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Utah since 2008Every warning type in Utah
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The notice as issued
FFWSLC The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... South Central Garfield County in southern Utah... * Until 1030 AM MDT. * At 729 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include the following slot canyons off of Hole-In-The-Rock Road... Spencer, Tunnel, The Gulch, Red Breaks, Zebra. This includes Utah Route 12 between mile markers 72 and 74.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. Dry washes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall. 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.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.