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A large weather system has moved in from Arizona and is traveling north causing flash flooding issues in southern and central Utah and widespread rain throughout northern Utah, according to the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City.
Brian McInerney, hydrologist with NWS, said the storm has caused flash flooding in Zion National Park resulting in the closure of Kolob Road.
All roads through the park were closed due to flooding, according to a tweet from Zion National Park, but some of those roads have now reopened.
“That area just can’t handle that type of rain,” McInerney said.
According to a press release, the following roads remain closed: Kolob Canyons Scenic Drive in the northern portion of the park, the Zion-Mt Carmel Highway (State Route 9), and the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive–which is closed beyond the Zion Canyon Lodge.
The release states crews are currently working to reopen the closed roads in the wake of a thunderstorm that dropped 1.5 to 2 inches of rain Saturday and sent flows of rocks and debris across the roads. All park facilities at Zion remain open.
Hurricane police tweeted out a road closure in the area of 1150 West and 200 South due to the amount of water in Goulds Wash.
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