NWS Salt Lake City UTFF.W 0127September 16, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Garfield and Kane, UT
The National Weather Service office in Salt Lake City issued a flash flood warning for Garfield and Kane in Utah, which was in force until 4:15 p.m. local time on September 16. It was the 127th 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 6.1 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 and Kane
- State
- Utah
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:11 a.m. MDT, September 16, 2026
- Expires
- 4:15 p.m. MDT, September 16, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KSLC FF.W 0127
- 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... Northeastern Kane County in southern Utah... * Until 415 PM MDT Wednesday. * At 1011 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. 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 normally dry washes, slot canyons, creeks, streams and the Escalante River. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... The Escalante River from south of Calf Creek to the terminus at Lake Powell, as well as slot canyons near Hole-in-the-Rock Road including Spencer, Tunnel, The Gulch, Red Breaks and Zebra.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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.