Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

May 25, 1992, 7:20 PM MDT (01:20 UTC)

Expired

May 25, 1992, 10:00 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Whole counties

Counties Garfield County, UT, Kane County, UT, San Juan County, UT

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TTAA00 KSLC 260123
FFWSLC
UTC017-025-037-260400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
720 PM MDT MON MAY 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH
 
   ...EASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY...EASTERN KANE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST UTAH
 
   ...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY
 
AT 7 PM THIS EVENING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS
OVER SOUTHEASTERN UTAH. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AND WEST.
 
AS THESE STORMS COMBINE TOGETHER HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
HAIL WILL OCCUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER AREAS
WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON.
 
MONTICELLO HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED MODERATE RAIN IN MONTICELLO AND
HEAVY RAIN IN THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER
NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT BY 730 PM...AND OVER LAKE POWELL BY
830 PM TONIGHT.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
 
AS ALWAYS STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITIES.

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.