Cars driving through localized street flooding in downtown Salt Lake City near the Public Safety Building, August 1. Photo: Salt Lake City Police Department

PARK CITY, Utah — After a wet weekend, rain is likely to continue on Monday before clearing out for blue skies the rest of the week.

The highest chance for precipitation today will be in the afternoon.

The threat for showers & storms w/ heavy rain will persist today. Recent burn scars, normally dry washes, streams surrounded by steep terrain, slick rock & urban areas will be most at risk. The greatest threat for heavy rainfall will be this afternoon. #utwx #TurnAroundDontDrown pic.twitter.com/yxb1lcGcmh
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— NWS Salt Lake City (@NWSSaltLakeCity) August 2, 2021

Flooding struck areas all over Utah yesterday.

#HeavyRain in #SLC this evening. @slc_taylor was at #SugarHousePark and was able to capture this wild video if the massive amounts of water. #utwx #utah pic.twitter.com/KRyKQfb2pE
— SLCScanner (@SLCScanner) August 2, 2021

Downtown Salt Lake City saw localized street flooding yesterday. “We still have areas of flooding in downtown SLC,” Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall wrote in a tweet last night. “Please avoid driving through flooded areas while the water continues to recede, and stay safe.”

Sunday 8:26 PM – This video taken near the Public Safety Building along 400 S. and 300 E. in downtown #SLC shows some of the localized street flooding occurring during this evening’s storm. Please be cautious while traveling. #utwx #Utah @NWSSaltLakeCity pic.twitter.com/h4xVROk8U0

— SLC Police Dept. (@slcpd) August 2, 2021

As of 10:45 pm Sunday night, the National Weather Service was reporting over an inch of rainfall in the Salt Lake Valley. There was also a report of pea-sized hail.

Enoch and Ceder City arguably saw the worst weather of the day. Both cities were under a flash flood emergency and saw massive flooding.

WOAH: Driver made it out safely but @Dane_Harrington caught this video as flash flooding slammed Cedar City & Enoch, Utah Sunday evening. @CityEnoch emergency manager told me: “Enoch is under water”@abc4utah @Ginger_Zee @ABCNewsWX @Wx_Max @danpeckwx @JournalistJenG #utwx pic.twitter.com/GcPAfpWPJN

— Alana Brophy (@AlanaBrophyNews) August 2, 2021

On Sunday night, Mayor Geoffrey Chesnut of Enoch declared a State of Emergency alongside Cedar City and Iron County. They are together requesting assistance from the state.

“This storm event caused severe flooding and property damage throughout Enoch City resulting in hundreds of flooded basements and yards and caused a portion of the city wastewater system to be overcome resulting in sewage backing up into basements,” wrote Chesnut in a statement.