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Flash Flood Warning near Kane, UT
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Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life. Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. Dry washes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
NWS Salt Lake City UT · source Aug 30, 2026, 1:23 AM
stateUtah citizen disaster and emergency alerts↗State resourceUtah Division of Emergency Management↗federalNWPS gauge: Paria River near Kanab↗federalOfficial Flash Flood Warning↗federalUSGS gauge 09381800 (provisional)↗
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The Flash Flood Warning applies to Kane, UT with Severe severity and Immediate urgency. This event covers 1 counties and is associated with 1 warnings.
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At 723 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated earlier thunderstorms produced heavy rain across primarily the far upper reaches of the drainage leading into Buckskin Gulch. Water is likely flowing downstream through Lick Wash and into Buckskin Gulch. Up to 0.75 inches of rain have fallen. 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 creeks, streams, slot canyons, and normally dry washes. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... areas along the drainage leading into Buckskin Gulch from Bryce Canyon National Park, through Lick Wash, Deer Springs Wash, Riggs Creek, and into Buckskin Gulch and The Wave.
NWS Salt Lake City UT · source Aug 30, 2026, 1:23 AM
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- Affected areas
- Kane, UT National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 1:23 AM
- County count
- 1 counties National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 1:23 AM
- Official alert
- Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 1:23 AM
- Severity
- Severe National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 1:23 AM
- Ugc county codes
- UTC025 National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 1:23 AM
- Urgency
- Immediate National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 1:23 AM
- Warning count
- 1 warnings National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 1:23 AM
- Represented population
- 7,914 people U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Decennial Census · source Apr 1, 2020, 12:00 AM
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Kane, UT
Source center: 37.250, -112.119. A point or perimeter is context, not a safety boundary.
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state · emergencyUtah citizen disaster and emergency alertsVerified Aug 30, 2026, 4:30 AMstate · emergencyUtah Division of Emergency ManagementVerified Aug 30, 2026, 4:30 AMfederal · gaugeNWPS gauge: Paria River near KanabVerified Aug 30, 2026, 4:31 AMfederal · weatherOfficial Flash Flood WarningVerified Aug 30, 2026, 4:30 AMfederal · gaugeUSGS gauge 09381800 (provisional)Verified Aug 30, 2026, 4:31 AM
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