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The first day of fall in Utah included lots of rain and flooding in some parts of the state, including the northern Utah town of Roosevelt, and flood warnings for other locales, including Zion National Park and Hildale.

A flash flood warning was issued Thursday morning for parts of Kane and Washington counties and for Capitol Reef National Park, including Grand Wash and Capitol Gorge. The weather service said to expect heavy rains and fast flows in streams and washes.

Shortly before 8 a.m., Zion National Park officials tweeted that the area was experiencing flash flooding in some canyons and announced The Narrows and all slot canyons were closed until further notice.

The Capitol Reef flash warning was set to expire at 3:45 p.m., when the situation will be reassessed, according to the National Weather Service.

The flash flood warning had expired by the afternoon for Kane and Washington counties. However, that area and other parts of southern, central and eastern Utah were under a flood warning until late Thursday.

The flood warning covered southeastern Utah County, Duchesne County, eastern Wayne County, northeastern Carbon County, eastern Wasatch County, eastern Emery County and southeastern Summit County. Southeastern Uinta County in Wyoming also was included.

Travelers were warned to be vigilant for rapidly rising water covering roadways.

By Thursday afternoon, more than an inch of rain had fallen in some areas, according to the National Weather Service. Sunnyside, in Carbon County, reported being hit with 1.25 inches of rain overnight and its streets were flooding.

In Roosevelt, the streets also were covered with water after the area received about 2.5 inches of rain in the 24 hours ending at noon Thursday, according to the weather service. City Manager Ryan Snow said the rain was still coming down non-stop in the afternoon.

"We have a river through a part of our town that normally doesn't have water," he said.

City employees and residents were building a sandbag wall that stretched for 10 blocks to direct water drainage, Snow said. Several hundred volunteers came to help out with flood relief efforts, he said.

"We're trying to work as fast as we can," Snow said. "Our community can really come together when it needs to."

In addition to flood warnings, the National Weather Service issued advisories in anticipation of winds of 30 miles per hour, with gusts of about 50 mph, hitting the state.

The Great Salt Lake desert and mountains, including Wendover and Snowville, were put under a wind advisory from noon to 11 p.m. Thursday. Strong crosswinds could affect travel, especially for high profile vehicles and vehicles towing trailers on State Route 30 and Interstate 80, the weather service said.

And a wind advisory was set for 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday in west central and southern Utah, including Delta, Cedar City, St. George, Bryce Canyon, Kanab, Hanksville and Lake Powell. Boaters on area lakes were told to expect very choppy water, large waves, dangerous lightning and poor visibility in heavy rain.

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