* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...San Juan County in southeastern Utah... Southwestern Garfield County in southern Utah... Kane County in southern Utah... * WHEN...Until 1215 PM MDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of normally dry washes, slot canyons, rivers, creeks, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Prolonged and widespread moderate to heavy rainfall will continue trough at least Thursday morning. This coupled with near-saturated soils will allow rapidly increasing flows across all waterways within the warned area, including all of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Increasingly high flows are expected in, but not limited to...the Paria River, Wahweep Creek, Warm Creek, Last Chance Creek, Croton Canyon, and the Escalante River Basin and tributaries. Many backcountry roads within this area are expected to become impassable. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1208 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges continue to indicate heavy rain. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 0.25 and 0.75 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2.5 inches are possible in the warned area through Thursday morning. - Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, including the Escalante region. Kodachrome State Park, Tropic, Cannonville, Escalante, and Big Water - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* 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 Thursday 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