According to Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, there will be a deep moisture associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa will move north into the state of Utah later Monday evening and through Tuesday. This moisture will interact with a trough off the west coast; bringing widespread rainfall to the state Tuesday through Wednesday.

There will also be the threat for embedded thunderstorms (mainly during the daylight hours) both on Tuesday and Wednesday. The threat for these embedded thunderstorms is what the Castle Country area is most concerned about. “You know if you are out in the field, I would just steer clear from the burn scars during this wet weather. The burn scars, the soil changes it’s different, it runs off more than it soaks in and it has those debris flows and of course stay out of those slot canyons,” stated Sheriff Jeff Wood. “We don’t know what we’re going to get out of this storm. It may be huge, it may not but just be prepared for the worst and things will turn out I think.” Widespread rainfall amounts could reach 0.5-2.5 inches with localized greater amounts with any embedded thunderstorms. Again, this is different than what our area is typically used to seeing during a monsoon event – where localized areas see heavy rainfall, the rain is expected to be steady over a wide area.

Routes with nearby burn scars that will be of particular concern (but are not limited to):

• US-6 through Spanish Fork Canyon
  · US-89 immediately south of US-6 in Spanish Fork Canyon.
  · SR-143 near Brian Head
  · SR-130 south of Minersville