{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.24eb9f286f2683f3c6abce5debbdea5961efec01.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued September 16 at 2:39PM MDT until September 16 at 5:45PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-09-16","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.24eb9f286f2683f3c6abce5debbdea5961efec01.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Salt Lake City UT"},"word_count":176,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued September 16 at 2:39PM MDT until September 16 at 5:45PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Kane, UT\n**Issued by:** NWS Salt Lake City UT\n**Sent:** 2026-09-16T14:39:00-06:00\n**Effective:** 2026-09-16T14:39:00-06:00\n**Expires:** 2026-09-16T17:45:00-06:00\n\n## Description\nFFWSLC\n\nThe National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nSouth Central Kane County in southern Utah...\n\n* Until 545 PM MDT.\n\n* At 239 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 0.75 inches of\nrain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin\nshortly.\n\nHAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing\nflash flooding.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of slot canyons, normally\ndry washes, creeks, streams, and the Paria River.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nBig Water, Buckskin Gulch, Paria Canyon, Wire Pass, Wahweap Creek\nand Coyote Creek.\n\nThis includes US Route 89 between mile markers 1 and 24.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles."}