- Flash flood warning issued for eastern Tooele County until noon, affecting areas.
- NWS reports heavy rain over Jacob City burn scar causing potential debris flow.
- Residents advised to seek higher ground avoid flooded roads due to aerial flood warning.
SALT LAKE CITY — A flash flood warning is in effect for eastern Tooele County below the Jacob City burn scar.
On Saturday morning, the National Weather Service said the warning would last until 10 a.m. but later extended the warning to noon.
NWS meteorologist Linda Cheng said police in the area witnessed some flooding taking place after thunderstorms dumped heavy rain on top of the burn scar.
"As a result of that, we've issued a flash flood warning for areas that would be affected from debris flow from that burn scar," Cheng explained.
Those flows are expected to impact areas including Stockton, Loafer Canyon and Soldier Canyon.
An additional aerial flood warning was issued for the Tooele Valley.
"They've had some pretty heavy rain and they've seen a lot of street flooding from what we've heard," Cheng said. "Some intersections, I've heard, there's water up to the running boards of pickup trucks so as a result of that we've issued an aerial flood warning for most of the Tooele Valley."
Insane rain and thunder here west of Salt Lake City in Tooele Co. this morning. Some of the hardest rain I've ever seen here. The lightning and thunder was non-stop throughout and at 6:45 AM is still continuing. Sorry it's not quite in focus.@NWSSaltLakeCity#utwxpic.twitter.com/KHdCOtcTuc
— John Michaelson 🔭 (@JMichaelsonUT) October 4, 2025
What to do next
Cheng advised people in the area where a flash flood warning is in place to get to higher ground.
"When people hear that we have a flash flood warning out, the best thing to do is to get to higher ground, especially if you're in a lower line drainage area, in an area that's affected by the flash flood warning," Cheng said. "Get away from where the water is going to be flowing."
With aerial flood warnings, Cheng said it's important for drivers to not drive through flooded roads.
"We're expecting kind of higher water," Cheng said. "So, things like driving, you don't want to driver through high waters."
Cheng also said it's possible for people to see basement flooding in areas where aerial flood warnings are in effect.
"The storm's going to be continuing throughout the day so I would advise people to kind of just monitor the weather because there still could be some issues throughout the rest of the day across northern Utah," Cheng said.
Get the forecast at ksl.com/weather/forecast.
This is developing and may be updated.
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