Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Jul 23, 1998, 7:37 PM MDT (01:37 UTC)

Expired

Jul 23, 1998, 8:45 PM MDT

In force

68 min

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Whole counties

County San Juan County, UT

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 212 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KSLC 240145
FFWSLC
UTC037-240245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
737 PM MDT THU JUL 23 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

   * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
     CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY IN UTAH

   * UNTIL 845 PM MDT

   * AT 735 PM MDT RANGERS AT NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT 
     REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD OCCURING AT THE MONUMENT  

THE RAIN HAD ENDED AT THE MONUMENT AT 735 PM BUT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 
FROM THE STORM WILL KEEP THE WASHES RUNNING FULL FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 
HOUR.  

HEAVY RAINS TO THE SOUTH OF THIS AREA MAY ALSO CAUSE ADDITIONAL 
FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST FLAW 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 3745 11025 3726 10993 3759 10960 3777 11005

In the hours before

UTZ001>004-240830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
300 PM MDT THU JUL 23 1998

         ...A WET 24TH LIKELY...

TROPICAL MOISTURE ENCOMPASSES THE BEEHIVE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE 24TH.  THE MAJORITY OF THE SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE IN THE NORTH ON FRIDAY.

AN IMPULSE IN EASTERN NEVADA WILL ROTATE IN NORTHERN UTAH TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY THAT WILL TEND TO ENHANCE THE SHOWER ACTIVITY.

CLOUDY SKIES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS IS ON TAP FOR THE 24TH
PARADES IN BOTH SALT LAKE AND OGDEN.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 70S
AT THE START OF THE PARADES AND BY NOON NEAR 80.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL INTO THE^ AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.  THIS COULD BE A CONCERN FOR THE SCHEDULED FIREWORKS
DISPLAYS.

THOSE OUTSIDE CELEBRATING THE 24TH SHOULD BE ALERT LIGHTNING.
LIGHTNING IS A PROVEN KILLER.

WJA...2100Z

UTZ001>004-240830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
300 PM MDT THU JUL 23 1998

         ...A WET 24TH LIKELY...

TROPICAL MOISTURE ENCOMPASSES THE BEEHIVE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE 24TH.  THE MAJORITY OF THE SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE IN THE NORTH ON FRIDAY.

AN IMPULSE IN EASTERN NEVADA WILL ROTATE IN NORTHERN UTAH TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY THAT WILL TEND TO ENHANCE THE SHOWER ACTIVITY.

CLOUDY SKIES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS IS ON TAP FOR THE 24TH
PARADES IN BOTH SALT LAKE AND OGDEN.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 70S
AT THE START OF THE PARADES AND BY NOON NEAR 80.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL INTO THE^ AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.  THIS COULD BE A CONCERN FOR THE SCHEDULED FIREWORKS
DISPLAYS.

THOSE OUTSIDE CELEBRATING THE 24TH SHOULD BE ALERT LIGHTNING.
LIGHTNING IS A PROVEN KILLER.

WJA...2100Z

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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.