NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued October 22 at 12:07PM MDT until October 23 at 12:15PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...San Juan County in southeastern Utah...
Southwestern Garfield County in southern Utah...
Kane County in southern Utah...
* WHEN...Until 1215 PM MDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of normally dry washes, slot canyons, rivers,
creeks, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is occurring.
Prolonged and widespread moderate to heavy rainfall will continue
trough this evening. This coupled with near-saturated soils will
allow flows to remain high across all waterways within the warned
area, including all of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
High flows are expected to continue within, but not limited to...
the Paria River, Wahweep Creek, Warm Creek, Last Chance Creek,
Croton Canyon, and the Escalante River Basin and tributaries. Many
backcountry roads within this area are expected to become
impassable.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1154 AM MDT, Widespread flooding is already occurring in the
warned area. A recent example is the Escalante River near
Escalante reaching a new high flow for this event of 1660 cfs
over the last hour. After reaching a peak of 2500 cfs on the
Paria River last evening, flows have decreased but continue to
run high and swift, and additional rises remain likely. Between 1
and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in
the warned area.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 2333rd Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days