iNWS Alert

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
714 PM MDT Sun Jul 19 2026

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Garfield County in southern Utah...
Central Kane County in southern Utah...

* Until 215 AM MDT Monday.

* At 714 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain in the Paria River Drainage. Between 0.5 and 1.25
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.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of normally dry
washes, slot canyons, and backcountry roads.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
The upper headwaters of the Paria River near Bryce Canyon
downstream to the Utah/Arizona border.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to
protect your life.

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LAT...LON 3757 11200 3755 11192 3748 11190 3742 11201
3733 11200 3723 11192 3703 11186 3700 11185
3700 11189 3717 11195 3720 11195 3725 11200
3735 11204 3740 11207 3743 11211 3743 11215
3751 11223 3754 11219

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE