Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY
1145 AM MST MON FEB 17 1986

 ...HIGH WIND WARNING.. AVALANCHE WARNING.. AND SMALL STREAM AND URBAN
    FLOODING STATEMENT...

A HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WESTERN VALLEYS AND ALL MOUNTAIN
AREAS OF UTAH UNTIL 7 PM TONIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 40 MPH
OR GREATER AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER.

PERSONS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ADVISED TO RESTRICT TRAVEL..
ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE
SLOWED BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IN HIGH
WIND SITUATIONS IS TO JUST STAY INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

AN AVALANCHE WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN WASATCH
MOUNTAINS FROM THE UTAH/IDAHO BORDER TO THE SPANISH FORK CANYON UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE. UNSTABLE SNOWPACK ALONG STEEPER MOUNTAIN SLOPES POSES
A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO CANYON AND BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELERS. ALREADY 3
AVALANCHES HAVE CLOSED US 40 BETWEEN DANIELS CANYON AND DUCHESNE. A
LARGE SNOWSLIDE NEAR BRIDAL VEIL FALLS IN PROVO CANYON CLOSED SR 189
ABOUT 1115 AM THIS MORNING. ONCE AGAIN.. TRAVEL IN THE PASSES AND
BACKCOUNTRY IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

AREAS OF SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE
CACHE VALLEY AREA NEAR MENDON. ALSO US 23 IS CLOSED FROM WELLSVILLE
TO CACHE JUNCTION DUE TO SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE MENDON AREA SINCE LAST
WEDNESDAY.. WITH 1.85 INCHES FALLING IN THE LAST 36 HOURS. WELLSVILLE
HAS RECEIVED 2.65 INCHES DURING THE LAST 36 HOURS. THIS HAS CAUSED
SOME CELLARS AND LOW LYING AREAS TO FLOOD.

CURRENT RADAR CHARTS INDICATE ANOTHER BAND OF MODERATE SHOWERS HEADING
TOWARDS THIS AREA FROM THE WEST. THIS PLUS SATURATED SOILS INDICATE
FURTHER URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD AVOID
LOW LYING TERRAIN AND EXERCISE CAUTION NEAR SMALL STREAMS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.

SIU/RW 1845Z

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY
120 PM MST MON FEB 17 1986

  ...SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS IN CACHE..WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES...

A VERY MOIST WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES WITH TROPICAL
MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE GREAT BASIN/CENTRAL INTERMOUNTAIN REGION.
THE SOILS HAVE BECOME SATURATED IN MANY AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN
UTAH AND MODERATE RAINS ARE STILL FALLING IN SOME AREAS.

SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AND IS STILL OCCURRING IN THE WEST AND
SOUTH PORTIONS OF THE CACHE VALLEY..ON UTAH 23 FROM THE CACHE JUNCTION
TO WELLSVILLE. THE RAINS HAVE ALSO PRODUCED SOME BASEMENT FLOODING
AND OVERFLOWING IRRIGATION DITCHES IN MENDON.. PETERSBORO.. WELLSVILLE
AND HYRUM AREAS. MOST OF THE FLOODING HAS BEEN IN THE LOWEST REACHES
OF THE CACHE VALLEY. SANDBAGS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED IN THESE AREAS.

IN MORGAN COUNTY.. FLOODING HAS OCCURRED ALONG DEEP CREEK.. SMITH
CREEK AND HARDSCRABLE CREEK WITH A SMALL BRIDGE WASHED OUT AND ROADWAY
FLOODING ALONG HARDSCRABLE ROAD.

IN WASATCH COUNTY.. SOME BASEMENT FLOODING DUE TO POOLING OF THE
WATER WAS REPORTED IN THE WALLSBURG AREA.

THE WEBER RIVER IS REPORTED TO BE MODERATELY FULL AND WILL BE
WATCHED VERY CLOSELY.

OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE MENDON AREA SINCE LAST
WEDNESDAY.. WITH 1.85 INCHES FALLING IN THE LAST 36 HOURS.
WELLSVILLE HAS RECEIVED 2.65 INCHES DURING THE LAST 36 HOURS.

THE AIRMASS IS EXTREMELY MOIST UPSTREAM INTO NEVADA WITH BANDS
OF MOISTURE MOVING INTO MAINLY NORTHERN UTAH THROUGH AT LEAST
MID-WEEK. THIS WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATED THE FLOODING SCENARIO
IN ESPECIALLY THESE THREE COUNTIES..CACHE.. WASATCH AND SUMMIT.

HOWEVER..DUE TO THE SATURATED SOILS ANY MODERATED TO HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL FURTHER ENHANCE SMALL STREAM.. URBAN FLOODING AND
POOLING OF WATER IN ANY AREAS ALONG THE WASTACH FRONT FROM UTAH
COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH THE HIGHER VALLEYS OF THE WASATCH
BELOAW 6500 FEET.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.

SIU/WJA 2121Z.....

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY
120 PM MST MON FEB 17 1986

  ...SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS IN CACHE..WASATCH AND MORGAN COUNTIES...

A VERY MOIST WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES WITH TROPICAL
MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE GREAT BASIN/CENTRAL INTERMOUNTAIN REGION.
THE SOILS HAVE BECOME SATURATED IN MANY AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN
UTAH AND MODERATE RAINS ARE STILL FALLING IN SOME AREAS.

SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AND IS STILL OCCURRING IN THE WEST AND
SOUTH PORTIONS OF THE CACHE VALLEY..ON UTAH 23 FROM THE CACHE JUNCTION
TO WELLSVILLE. THE RAINS HAVE ALSO PRODUCED SOME BASEMENT FLOODING
AND OVERFLOWING IRRIGATION DITCHES IN MENDON.. PETERSBORO.. WELLSVILLE
AND HYRUM AREAS. MOST OF THE FLOODING HAS BEEN IN THE LOWEST REACHES
OF THE CACHE VALLEY. SANDBAGS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED IN THESE AREAS.

IN MORGAN COUNTY.. FLOODING HAS OCCURRED ALONG DEEP CREEK.. SMITH
CREEK AND HARDSCRABLE CREEK WITH A SMALL BRIDGE WASHED OUT AND ROADWAY
FLOODING ALONG HARDSCRABLE ROAD.

IN WASATCH COUNTY.. SOME BASEMENT FLOODING DUE TO POOLING OF THE
WATER WAS REPORTED IN THE WALLSBURG AREA.

THE WEBER RIVER IS REPORTED TO BE MODERATELY FULL AND WILL BE
WATCHED VERY CLOSELY.

OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE MENDON AREA SINCE LAST
WEDNESDAY.. WITH 1.85 INCHES FALLING IN THE LAST 36 HOURS.
WELLSVILLE HAS RECEIVED 2.65 INCHES DURING THE LAST 36 HOURS.

THE AIRMASS IS EXTREMELY MOIST UPSTREAM INTO NEVADA WITH BANDS
OF MOISTURE MOVING INTO MAINLY NORTHERN UTAH THROUGH AT LEAST
MID-WEEK. THIS WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATED THE FLOODING SCENARIO
IN ESPECIALLY THESE THREE COUNTIES..CACHE.. WASATCH AND MORGAN.

HOWEVER..DUE TO THE SATURATED SOILS ANY MODERATED TO HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL FURTHER ENHANCE SMALL STREAM.. URBAN FLOODING AND
POOLING OF WATER IN ANY AREAS ALONG THE WASTACH FRONT FROM UTAH
COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH THE HIGHER VALLEYS OF THE WASATCH
CBELOW 6500 FEET.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.

SIU/WJA 2121Z.....

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY
245 PM MST MON FEB 17 1986

             ...HIGH WIND WARNING.. AVALANCHE WARNING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN REDEFINED TO INCLUDE WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST VALLEYS PLUS NORTHERN MOUNTAIN AREAS OF UTAH UNTIL 7 PM
TONIGHT. THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VALLEYS HAVE
BEEN DROPPED FROM THE AREA DUE TO A LACK OF HIGH WIND REPORTS. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE LIKELY IN
THE WARNING AREA. ALREADY WENDOVER HAS REPORTED A SOUTHWEST WIND GUST OF
60 MPH.. MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS HAVE HAD SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 40 MPH LATE
THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.

PERSONS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ADVISED TO RESTRICT TRAVEL..
ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE
SLOWED BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IN HIGH
WIND SITUATIONS IS TO JUST STAY INDOORS.

AN AVALANCHE WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN WASATCH
MOUNTAINS FROM THE UTAH/IDAHO BORDER TO THE SPANISH FORK CANYON UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE. UNSTABLE SNOWPACK ALONG STEEPER MOUNTAIN SLOPES POSES
A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO CANYON AND BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELERS. THE EASTBOUND
LANE OF US 40 BETWEEN DANIELS CANYON AND DUCHESNE REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO
3 AVALANCHES.. ALTHOUGH THE WESTBOUND LANE HAS BEEN CLEARED.

THE LARGE SLIDE AT BRIDAL VEIL FALLS IN PROVO CANYON CONTINUES TO CLOSE
SR 189. THE WATER IN THE PROVO RIVER HAS CARVED THROUGH THE SLIDE.. BUT
AN ICE JAM FURTHER UP ON THE FALLS HAS CREATED A POOL OF WATER. IF THE
JAM BREAKS.. A SUDDEN RELEASE OF WATER MAY OCCUR THROUGH THE CANYON.
PERSONS CLOSE TO THE PROVO RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM THE FALLS ARE ADVISED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND UNTIL THE DANGER PASSES.

LOGAN CANYON IS CURRENTLY CLOSED. HEAVY SNOW SNARLED TRAFFIC UP THERE
AND THE PLOWS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CLEAR THE ROADS BECAUSE OF THE
STRANDED MOTORISTS.

THE ROAD TO POWDER MOUNTAIN WAS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO AN AVALANCHE AROUND
830 AM THIS MORNING.

SATURATED SOILS MEAN MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AVALANCHE WARNING
AREA AS WELL.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON AVALANCHES MAY BE OBTAINED BY DIALING
801 364 1581. ROAD REPORTS MAY BE OBoTAINED BY DIALING 1 800 492 2400.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.

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