Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Aug 27, 1999, 4:58 PM MDT (22:58 UTC)

Expired

Aug 27, 1999, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Garfield County, UT, Kane County, UT

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSLC 272259
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UTC017-025-280200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
458 PM MDT FRI AUG 27 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN UTAH
  CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN UTAH

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 445 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LARGE AREA 
  OF HEAVY RAIN SOUTHEAST OF BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK ABOUT 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANNONVILLE...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
  KANAB. 

THIS WARNING COVERS ALL TRIBUTARIES TO KITCHEN CORRAL WASH AND ALL 
TRIBUTARIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARIA RIVER.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SALT LAKE CITY.

LAT...LON 3752 11226 3715 11223 3721 11190 3774 11207

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 27, 3:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UTAH
312 PM MDT FRI AUG 27 1999

SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH
TONIGHT.  THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT MOIST INTO SATURDAY
THEN DRY OUT ON SUNDAY.

DISCUSSION...VORTLOBE SWINGING THRU UT AT THIS TIME ENHANCING THE
CONVECTION NICELY AND HAVE HAD REPORTS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FROM
PORTIONS OF NERN CWA. SEEMS THAT THIS SHOULD BE GREATEST THREAT
REST OF THIS EVENING AS OPPOSED TO WIND AND HAIL AND HAVE EXPANDED
FLASH FLOOD WATCH NWD TO COVER DUCHESNE, CARBON AND EMERY COUNTIES.
SOME COOLING ALOFT CONTINUES TO SPREAD INTO CWA ON SAT SO HAVE LEFT A
MENTION OF POPS IN MOST ZONES BUT AIRMASS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRY AND
STABILIZE SUN. NEXT TROF STARTS TO KICK UP THE SLY FLOW ON MON AND
MAY TAP BACK INTO SOME MOISTURE FROM THE S MON/TUE BEFORE THE FLOW
VEERS TO TOO SWLY ON WED AND CUTS US OFF AGAIN. TRENDED EXTENDED THAT
WAY.

SLC 732- CDC 51--  WILENSKY

.SLC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ERN COUNTY WARNING AREA TIL MIDNIGHT.

Flash Flood Warnings in Utah, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999

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.