Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Aug 26, 1996, 2:45 PM MDT (20:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 26, 1996, 3:45 PM MDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Whole counties

Counties Emery County, UT, Sanpete County, UT, Sevier County, UT

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
245 PM MDT MON AUG 26 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL UTAH

   ...SOUTHEASTERN SANPETE COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN SEVIER COUNTY

IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH

   ...WESTERN EMERY COUNTY

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST SANPETE...NORTHEAST SEVIER...AND
WESTERN EMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM...

FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN NORTHEAST SEVIER COUNTY AT 235 PM. THE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS FLASH FLOODING WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10-15 MPH.  TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
EMERY...FERRON...AND CASTLE DALE. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
1-2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEP|TH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.


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In the hours before

UTZ-005>009-011>013-270400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
155 PM MDT MON AUG 26 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN UTAH...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
EARLY EVENING AND WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPING OVER MANY OF THE VALLEYS OF
SOUTHERN UTAH. THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
BE TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 10-15 MPH.

SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS OF BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN TO INCLUDE A REPORT OF .40 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES ENDING
AT 1230 PM AT ANTIMONY WHICH IS 35 MILES NORTH OF BRYCE CANYON. IN 5-
10 MINUTES A SPOTTER IN MEADOWS...WHICH IS 7 MILES SOUTH OF
FILLMORE...REPORTED .28 INCHES OF RAIN. IN THE 30 MINUTE PERIOD
ENDING AT 145 PM THERE WERE TWO CENTERS OF INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...ONE WAS OVER CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY AND THE SECOND OVER
NORTHEAST SEVIER COUNTY.

THERE WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING WITH SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER  IS APPROACHING YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER. DO
NOT BECOME A HUMAN LIGHTNING ROD.

CARLE...1955Z.

Flash Flood Warnings in Utah, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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