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Nat’l Weather Service warns of severe thunderstorms, possible life-threatening flash floods for parts of Utah

By gephardtdaily.com · August 30, 2026 · 1 min read
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UTAH, Aug. 30, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — The National Weather Service issued severe thunderstorm warnings for central Wayne County Sunday afternoon, and flash flood warnings for central Kane County. The severe thunderstorm warnings came with a threat of 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

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