Weather Alerts For Bryce Canyon City, UT

# HEADLINE -------------------- FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. WHERE A portion of Utah, including the following areas, Castle Country, Central Mountains, San Rafael Swell, Bryce Canyon Country, Capitol Reef National Park and Vicinity, Glen Canyon Recreation Area/Lake Powell, South Central Utah, Southern Mountains, Upper Sevier River Valleys, Western Canyonlands, Lower Washington County and Zion National Park. WHEN Through this evening. IMPACTS Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, dry washes, slot canyons, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations such as slickrock areas and recent burn scars. ADDITIONAL DETAILS - A late season surge of tropical moisture will bring widespread moderate to at times heavy rainfall across much of southern Utah through Thursday. Local rainfall totals in excess of 3 inches are expected through Thursday evening. - All normally dry washes, small streams and mainstem rivers will see elevated flows from this excessive rainfall, with periods of heavier rainfall resulting in flash flooding. Backcountry roads may become impassable due to flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood ISSUED AT Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 2:45 AM MDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT HEADER Flood Watch # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. People in the backcountry should ensure they have alternative routes available in case their primary route becomes impassable. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Capitol Reef National Park and Vicinity, Bryce Canyon Country, Castle Country, Central Mountains, Glen Canyon Recreation Area/Lake Powell, Lower Washington County, San Rafael Swell, South Central Utah, Southern Mountains, Upper Sevier River Valleys, Western Canyonlands, Zion National Park Including the following locations - Bullfrog, Green River, Bryce Canyon City, Big Water, Escalante, Hanksville, Panguitch, Goblin Valley, St George, Circleville, Emery, Brian Head, Loa, Castle Dale, Price, Torrey, Kanab, Alton, Hurricane, Ivins, Koosharem, Joes Valley, Springdale, Cove Fort, and Fish Lake

Closest strike: 9.51 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ARIZONA/WESTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE FOUR CORNERS SUMMARY Scattered severe thunderstorms remain possible across the Southwest, with the most intense cells expected across parts of Arizona and western New Mexico this afternoon and evening. Large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes are all possible. 20z Update Convective coverage has increased across portions of eastern/northeastern Arizona over the past couple of hours, with widely scattered supercell structures noted through the morning/early afternoon via regional radar imagery. Expectations remain generally unchanged regarding the evolution of this convection and the associated severe threat across much of eastern Arizona/western New Mexico and the Four Corners region. Thus, no changes were made to the primary risk area. Along the periphery, a minor eastward expansion of the existing Level 1/Marginal Risk was made along the central CO/NM border where some low-probability potential for mainly damaging wind gusts may persist farther eastward. Elsewhere, only minor adjustments were made to the General Thunder area, including some trimming along the California coastline to the west of the mid/upper trough axis. See the previous discussion and MCD #2399 for additional information.