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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 27, 1998Box Elder County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 1998, 1:25 AM MDT for Box Elder County, Utah. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1998, 1:25 AM MDT (07:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1998, 2:30 AM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties

County Box Elder County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Elko, NV at 00:00Z on 1998-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 154 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 00:00Z on 1998-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSLC 270732 COR
FFWSLC
UTC003-270830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
125 AM MDT MON JUL 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

   * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
     NORTHWESTERN BOX ELDER COUNTY IN UTAH

   * UNTIL 230 AM MDT

   * AT 119 AM MDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
     RAIN IN WEST CENTRAL BOX ELDER COUNTY ALONG STATE ROUTE 30.  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER 
STATE ROUTE 30 EAST OF GROUSE CREEK JUNCTION.  IN ADDITION...SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES WILL 
EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN IN SALT LAKE
CITY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION...RADIO...CABLE TV...OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.

LAT...LON 4153 11367 4154 1134n3 4212 11342 4210 11379

The office that day

Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 6:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCDavis, Morgan, Weber30 min
Jul 26, 6:30 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCDavis, Morgan, Weber15 min
Jul 26, 9:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCBox Elder54 min
Jul 27, 2:10 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCGarfield, Iron, Kane2 hr
Jul 27, 2:51 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCWashington3 hr
Jul 27, 5:37 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCIron, Washington83 min
Jul 27, 5:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCIron, Washington73 min

Nearby

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Sources

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.