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Matt Johnson KSL 📺 KSL Meteorologist
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LEAF REPORT 9/30/26: Well folks, this is the week! Prime time color is upon us in the Utah mountains! Just a heads up, w...
09/30/2026

LEAF REPORT 9/30/26: Well folks, this is the week! Prime time color is upon us in the Utah mountains! Just a heads up, whether I post this or not, conference weekend is always jammed up at the most accessible and popular spots. If you want to avoid the traffic jams I would recommend trying a drive that's not as easy to access.

CENTRAL UTAH COLOR: This is one of my favorite spots to drive every year, hands down. Yesterday I went down to the Manti...
09/30/2026

CENTRAL UTAH COLOR: This is one of my favorite spots to drive every year, hands down. Yesterday I went down to the Manti La Sal National Forest and it was amazing! Rich fiery orange aspens mixed with bright yellows and golds. There’s still some green to go, but I’d say this weekend should be prime viewing for most of Skyline Drive, Scofield and Fish Lake areas.

FLASH FLOOD RISK: We've seen an increase in flash flood risk today since we went on air in the morning. Red is level 3/4...
09/29/2026

FLASH FLOOD RISK: We've seen an increase in flash flood risk today since we went on air in the morning. Red is level 3/4 risk for flash flooding. Please stay out of flash flood prone areas in southern Utah today!

Yep, that’s snow on Mount Timpanogos this morning! ❄️ 🏔️ 📸: Janell Tyson & Larry Reeves
09/29/2026

Yep, that’s snow on Mount Timpanogos this morning! ❄️ 🏔️

📸: Janell Tyson & Larry Reeves

09/29/2026

New video and information coming in this morning revealing that Orderville and Glendale both saw flooding last night as well. Looking at rain totals this morning, we saw widespread heavy rainfall of 1.00-1.40” fall over the headwaters of the Virgin River and all of its tributaries. This kind of widespread rain on flash flood-prone terrain can cause serious spikes in river flow, it proved to be too much for the banks for the river last night.

I’ll work on getting more word from those that have been stranded or displaced from the flooding as well. The latest I have is that 6 were stranded on the Barracks off-road trail southwest of Mt. Carmel Junction. There’s also 3 others stranded in Heaps Canyon.

📸: Easton Syrett & Joseph Johnson

24 HOUR RAIN TOTALS: This tropical rain was really good stuff for our soil and drought situation in Utah. However, it co...
09/29/2026

24 HOUR RAIN TOTALS: This tropical rain was really good stuff for our soil and drought situation in Utah. However, it comes at a cost in central & southern Utah where we saw flash flooding in several spots including, Mt. Carmel Junction, Glendale, east Zion N.P. and Price.

09/29/2026

SOUTHERN UTAH FLASH FLOODING: We’ve got problems in southern Utah this evening. I’ve received reports that we have people trapped in the Baracks area and the Zion Ponderosa Resort. This video shows a shipping container and a dumpster headed down the East Fork of the Virgin River, located by Mount Carmel Junction. Seriously amounts of water!

📍: Mt Carmel Junction, UT
📸: Mark Folkerson

09/28/2026

LIGHTNING STRIKE SOUTH LOGAN: Make sure you have the sound on for this puppy, it was loud! Tyson Baker sent me this video that was taken on his security camera today. Pretty wild stuff, slow mo shows the bolt crawling across the sky from the right!

UTAH FALL FOLIAGE UPDATE 9/28/26: The leaf turnover has really progressed. If you're eyeing a locations that is "near pe...
09/28/2026

UTAH FALL FOLIAGE UPDATE 9/28/26: The leaf turnover has really progressed. If you're eyeing a locations that is "near peak" or "peak" conditions, I suggest you wait no longer than this week! I'd say as a state we'll be at peak conditions this weekend, after that we'll start losing color in many locations. This is right on schedule with the original forecast that I put out in late August.

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