Moab, Utah

Regional Weather Alerts


     

Alert: Special Weather Statement
Area(s): Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains
Effective: 2026-08-23 @ 6:34 pm -> 2026-08-23 @ 7:15 pm
Onset: 2026-08-23 @ 6:34 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Salt Lake City UT on 2026-08-23 @ 6:34 pm
Headline: Special Weather Statement issued August 23 at 5:34PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT
Description: At 534 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 10 miles southwest of Park Valley to 13 miles
east of Montello. Movement was northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.

Locations impacted include...
Park Valley.

This includes Utah Route 30 between mile markers 15 and 39, and
between mile markers 55 and 69.

Alert: Special Weather Statement
Area(s): Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains; Eastern Box Elder County
Effective: 2026-08-23 @ 6:20 pm -> 2026-08-23 @ 7:00 pm
Onset: 2026-08-23 @ 6:20 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Salt Lake City UT on 2026-08-23 @ 6:20 pm
Headline: Special Weather Statement issued August 23 at 5:20PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT
Description: At 520 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles north of Park Valley, or 23 miles south of Malta, moving east
at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.

Locations impacted include...
Snowville and Curlew Junction.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 84 between mile markers 1 and 7.
Utah Route 30 between mile markers 71 and 90.

Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Area(s): Box Elder, UT; Cache, UT; Davis, UT; Morgan, UT; Rich, UT; Salt Lake, UT; Summit, UT; Tooele, UT; Utah, UT; Wasatch, UT; Weber, UT; Uinta, WY
Effective: 2026-08-23 @ 4:27 pm -> 2026-08-23 @ 11:00 pm
Onset: 2026-08-23 @ 4:27 pm -> 2026-08-23 @ 11:00 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Salt Lake City UT on 2026-08-23 @ 4:27 pm
Headline: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 23 at 3:27PM MDT until August 23 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
619 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN UTAH THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES

IN NORTHERN UTAH

BOX ELDER CACHE DAVIS
MORGAN RICH SALT LAKE
SUMMIT TOOELE UTAH
WASATCH WEBER

IN WYOMING THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING

UINTA

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS AMERICAN FORK, BOUNTIFUL,
BRIGHAM CITY, COALVILLE, EVANSTON, FARMINGTON, GRANTSVILLE,
HEBER CITY, HUNTSVILLE, LAKETOWN, LAYTON, LOGAN, MIDVALE, MORGAN,
OGDEN, PARK CITY, PROVO, RANDOLPH, ROY, SALT LAKE CITY, SANDY,
STRAWBERRY RESERVOIR, SUGARHOUSE, TOOELE, TREMONTON,
AND WOODRUFF.

Alert: Flash Flood Warning
Area(s): Garfield, UT; Wayne, UT
Effective: 2026-08-23 @ 4:19 pm -> 2026-08-23 @ 9:15 pm
Onset: 2026-08-23 @ 4:19 pm -> 2026-08-23 @ 9:15 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Salt Lake City UT on 2026-08-23 @ 4:19 pm
Headline: Flash Flood Warning issued August 23 at 3:19PM MDT until August 23 at 8:15PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT
Description: FFWSLC

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

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

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 319 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the Robbers Roost area near the Dirty Devil
River, including Angel, Larry, Alcatraz, and Bull Pasture Canyons
down to Two Step Canyon and Bushwack Boogie Canyon near Lake
Powell. 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...
slot canyons in the Robbers Roost area near the Dirty Devil River,
including Angel, Larry, Alcatraz, and Bull Pasture Canyons down to
Two Step Canyon and Bushwack Boogie Canyon.