Flash Flood Warning

FFWSLC

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Garfield County in southern Utah... South Central Wayne County in southern Utah...

* Until 630 PM MDT.

* At 321 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across portions of Capitol Reef National Park including Sheets Gulch up through Capitol Gorge, Grand Wash, Cohab Canyon, and Sulphur Creek. Up to 0.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible in the warned area. 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 creeks, streams, slot canyons, and normally dry washes.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Capitol Reef National Park and Fruita.