NWS Salt Lake City UTFF.W 0121September 12, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Garfield and Wayne, UT
The National Weather Service office in Salt Lake City issued a flash flood warning for Garfield and Wayne in Utah, which was in force until 6:30 p.m. local time on September 12. It was the 121st 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 2.9 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 Wayne
- State
- Utah
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:34 p.m. MDT, September 12, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. MDT, September 12, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KSLC FF.W 0121
- 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... Northeastern Garfield County in southern Utah... South Central Wayne County in southern Utah... * Until 630 PM MDT. * At 334 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across portions of Capitol Reef National Park... specifically Pleasant Creek, Burro Wash, Cottonwood Wash, Five Mile Wash, and Sheets Gulch. Between 0.25 and 0.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible in 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 creeks, normally dry washes, and slot canyons * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Capitol Reef National Park
What the agency told people to do
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become unstable and unsafe. Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where you are relative to streams, dry washes, and slot canyons which can become killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid these areas.
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