Normally, that sentence wouldn’t include an exclamation point. But it was the first time the city got any measurable precipitation in 154 days — the longest dry stretch since record-keeping began in 1893. And it was more than a month longer than the previous record of 121 days, set in 1929.
It’s raining so much in southern Utah that the National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch through Wednesday evening and a winter storm warning that remains in effect through 4 p.m. Thursday.
The slow-moving storm is going to keep southern Utah wet for a couple of days.