NWS Salt Lake City UTFF.W 0095August 30, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Garfield, Kane and San Juan, UT
The National Weather Service office in Salt Lake City issued a flash flood warning for Garfield, Kane and San Juan in Utah, which was in force until 8:00 p.m. local time on August 30. It was the 95th flash flood warning the NWS office in Salt Lake City issued in 2026. Utah had 54 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 29 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Utah's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 6 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, Kane and San Juan
- State
- Utah
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:03 p.m. MDT, August 30, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 p.m. MDT, August 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KSLC FF.W 0095
- 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... San Juan County in southeastern Utah... South Central Garfield County in southern Utah... Northeastern Kane County in southern Utah... * Until 800 PM MDT. * At 203 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across portions of Hole in the Rock Road, primarily over Harris Wash, Choprock Canyon, and Neon Canyon. Water will continue to flow down the Escalante River to Lake Powell. Up to 0.5 inches of rain have 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, streams, slot canyons, and normally dry washes. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Portions of Hole in the Rock Road, primarily over Harris Wash, Choprock Canyon, and Neon Canyon. Also, the Escalante River from Harris Wash south to Lake Powell.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life. 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.
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.