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Flash Flood Warning near Emery, UT
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NWS Salt Lake City UT · source Aug 29, 2026, 7:37 PM
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FFWSLC The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Emery County in central Utah... North Central Wayne County in southern Utah... * Until 430 PM MDT. * At 137 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of slot canyons, normally dry washes, streams, creeks and rivers. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Goblin Valley, Little Wildhorse, Crack, Chute, Ding, Dang, Muddy Creek and all slot canyons and dry washes in and near southern Emery and north central Wayne County.
NWS Salt Lake City UT · source Aug 29, 2026, 7:37 PM
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- Emery, UT, Wayne, UT National Weather Service · source Aug 29, 2026, 7:37 PM
- Official alert
- Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service · source Aug 29, 2026, 7:37 PM
- Severity
- Severe National Weather Service · source Aug 29, 2026, 7:37 PM
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- Immediate National Weather Service · source Aug 29, 2026, 7:37 PM
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Emery, UT; Wayne, UT
- Emery, UT
- Wayne, UT
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