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1 concurrent flood warnings — 2 counties affected
A severe flood outbreak affected Piute and Washington counties in Utah on July 17–18, 2026, causing water damage and creating conditions for mold growth in homes in the impact zone.
Overview written from official NOAA / National Weather Service data.
- Type
- Flood Outbreak
- Extent
- ≈ 104,235 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
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Interactive affected-area map
Piute County, UT; Washington County, UT · ≈ 160 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
2026-07-17 22:20 UTC · snapshot 4 of 4
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- News ABC4 Utah
‘This is going to do us in’: Flash flooding damages historic resort amid Cottonwood Fire recovery efforts
- News KSL NewsRadio
Beaver County suffers from loss of tourism due to Cottonwood Fire
- Bulletin NWS Salt Lake City UT
Flash Flood Warning extended until Jul 17, 23:15 UTC
Piute, UT
- Storm report NWS SLC storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 SSE Marysvale, UT
UDOT traffic reported debris on roadway on US-89 at milepost 175, road closed in both directions.
Show 10 earlier updates
- NWS Salt Lake City UT Bulletin
- NWS Salt Lake City UT Bulletin
- NWS Salt Lake City UT Bulletin
- NWS Salt Lake City UT Bulletin
- NWS SLC storm report Storm report
- NWS SLC storm report Storm report
- NWS SLC storm report Storm report
- NWS SLC storm report Storm report
- kjzz.com News
Wet weather both helps, hinders firefighters as they work to contain Cottonwood Fire
- KUTV News
Piute County businesses report significant drop in tourism dollars due to Cottonwood Fire
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.
Warnings covered
Warnings this outbreak covered
This page tracks the outbreak as a whole; each entry below is one official warning thread with its own live status, map and update log.