NWS Salt Lake City UTFF.W 0091August 29, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Emery and Wayne, UT
The National Weather Service office in Salt Lake City issued a flash flood warning for Emery and Wayne in Utah, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on August 29. It was the 91st 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 55 minutes; 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
- Emery and Wayne
- State
- Utah
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:35 p.m. MDT, August 29, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. MDT, August 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KSLC FF.W 0091
- 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... Southern Emery County in central Utah... North Central Wayne County in southern Utah... * Until 530 PM MDT. * At 435 PM MDT, State Park personnel reported flash flooding in Little Wildhorse Canyon from earlier thunderstorms. These storms produced heavy rain across portions of the San Rafael Swell including Goblin Valley, Little Wildhorse, Crack, Chute, Ding, Dang, Muddy Creek and all slot canyons and dry washes in and near southern Emery and north central Wayne County. Between 0.25 and 0.75 inches of rain have fallen. This is an extension of the prior Flash Flood Warning for this area. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...State Park personnel reported. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks, streams, slot canyons, and normally dry washes. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... portions of the San Rafael Swell including Goblin Valley, Little Wildhorse, Crack, Chute, Ding, Dang, Muddy Creek and all slot canyons and dry washes in and near southern Emery and north central Wayne County.
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.
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