Flash Flood — Washington, Utah

2023-11-19 · near Rockville, Washington, Utah

Event narrative

Moderate rain during the morning hours, with Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor estimates of around 0.50 to 0.75 inches of rainfall, resulted in Flash Flooding across portions of Zion National Park in addition to river flooding. Park officials reported that multiple drainages were flashing, with the North Fork Virgin River near Springdale gauge peaking at 605 CFS and the East Fork Virgin River near Springdale gauge peaking at 320 CFS.

Wider weather episode

A cool season storm in the middle to late portion of November moved through Utah, resulting in multiple waves of widespread rain, snow, high winds, and isolated flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1146225. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.