Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

UTZALL-062300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1245 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 1991

 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 630 TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWESTERN UTAH AND ARE
SPREADING INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.  MEANWHILE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF UTAH THIS
MORNING ARE WEAKENING AND MOVING INTO COLORADO.  HOWEVER...MORE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA.  AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TODAY
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD
NORTHWARD INTO NORTHERN UTAH.

SO FAR TODAY THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH HAVE PRODUCED BRIEF
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.  A FEW REPORTS OF RAINFALL AS
OF NOON INCLUDE 0.49 INCHES AT BLANDING...0.17 INCHES AT GREEN
RIVER...AND 0.25 AT HOLE IN THE ROCK.

THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREAT TODAY WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING HOWEVER BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED MANY DRY WASHES TO
RUN.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ANY AREAS WHERE WATER IS
COVERING ROADWAYS.   REMEMBER ALSO THAT LIGHTNING IS A PROVEN KILLER.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS OR IN A VEHICLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND ADVISORIES.

SJK/MSL...1845Z