{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.8a3792d16ac52b97be274b4beafba5a89e846cbe.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 16 at 3:28PM MDT until July 16 at 6:30PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-16","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.8a3792d16ac52b97be274b4beafba5a89e846cbe.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":287,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 16 at 3:28PM MDT until July 16 at 6:30PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Piute, UT; Sevier, UT\n**Issued by:** NWS Salt Lake City UT\n**Sent:** 2026-07-16T15:28:00-06:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-16T15:28:00-06:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-16T18:30:00-06:00\n\n## Description\nFFWSLC\n\nThe National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nThe Silver King burn scar in...\nNorthwestern Piute County in central Utah...\nSouthwestern Sevier County in central Utah...\n\n* Until 630 PM MDT.\n\n* At 328 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain over the Silver King Burn Scar. Between 0.25 and 0.35\ninches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 to\n0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. The heaviest rainfall\nis falling over Beaver Creek Canyon and Deer Creek Canyon. Flash\nflooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.\n\nExcessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow\nmoving through the Beaver Creek drainage and the Deer Creek\ndrainage. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and\nother loose materials.\n\nHAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms\nproducing flash flooding in and around the Silver King\nBurn Scar.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around\nthe Silver King Burn Scar...specifically Beaver Creek\nand Deer Creek drainages.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nHoover rest area, and the outlet of Beaver Creek on US 89\n\n## Instructions\nThis is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall will cause\nextensive and severe flash flooding of creeks...streams...and\nditches in the Silver King Burn Scar. Severe debris flows can also\nbe anticipated across roads. Roads and driveways may be washed away\nin places. If you encounter flood waters...climb to safety."}