{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.8110486adab3214219a08ee7e7becd09cd2c622c.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued September 12 at 3:34PM MDT until September 12 at 6:30PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-09-12","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.8110486adab3214219a08ee7e7becd09cd2c622c.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":226,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued September 12 at 3:34PM MDT until September 12 at 6:30PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Garfield, UT; Wayne, UT\n**Issued by:** NWS Salt Lake City UT\n**Sent:** 2026-09-12T15:34:00-06:00\n**Effective:** 2026-09-12T15:34:00-06:00\n**Expires:** 2026-09-12T18:30:00-06:00\n\n## Description\nFFWSLC\n\nThe National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nNortheastern Garfield County in southern Utah...\nSouth Central Wayne County in southern Utah...\n\n* Until 630 PM MDT.\n\n* At 334 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across portions of Capitol Reef National Park...\nspecifically Pleasant Creek, Burro Wash, Cottonwood Wash, Five Mile\nWash, and Sheets Gulch. Between 0.25 and 0.5 inches of rain have\nfallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible\nin the warned area. 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 creeks, normally dry\nwashes, and slot canyons\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nCapitol Reef National Park\n\n## Instructions\nStay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become\nunstable and unsafe.\n\nFlooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where\nyou are relative to streams, dry washes, and slot canyons which can\nbecome killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid these\nareas."}