Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

May 25, 1992, 4:24 PM MDT (22:24 UTC)

Expired

May 25, 1992, 5:30 PM MDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Whole counties

County Washington County, UT

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TTAA00 KSLC 252226
FFWSLC
UTC053-252330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
424 PM MDT MON MAY 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHWEST UTAH
 
   ...WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 420 PM MDT...ONE INCH HAIL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED BY A
SPOTTER FROM A THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF ENTERPRISE.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTH AT
15 MPH.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY BY
530 PM MDT.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED UNLESS ITS AN
EMERGENCY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

In the hours before

UTZALL-260100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
230 PM MDT MON MAY 25 1992

      ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE UTAH MOUNTAINS...

A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE
MOUNTAINS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH.  AT 2 PM THE MOST ACTIVE AREA
EXTENDED FROM NEAR PRICE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ZION NATIONAL PARK.  A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND ALONG THE
UTAH-NEVADA BORDER WEST OF CEDAR CITY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS.  ONE REPORT IN THE BOULDER AREA INDICATED
1/4 INCH OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES.  ANOTHER REPORT FROM HENRIEVILLE
INDICATED HEAVY SHOWERS TO THE NORTH BUT NOTHING YET IN TOWN.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST AT
ABOUT 10-15 MPH.
SOME MINOR FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES OR SMALL STREAMS IS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.  CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID ANY NARROW
STEEP-WALLED CANYONS.  IN ADDITION...ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE
COVER AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.  LIGHTNING IS A PROVEN KILLER
AND COULD QUICKLY TURN A HOLIDAY OUTING INTO A TRAGEDY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN RAPIDLY THIS EVENINGu AND SHOULD END IN
MOST AREAS BY SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

DRS...2045Z

Flash Flood Warnings in Utah, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.