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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 26, 2002Garfield County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2002, 1:38 PM MDT for Garfield County, Utah. It was in force for 112 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2002, 1:38 PM MDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2002, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
112 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Garfield County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 291 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2002-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 121 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2002-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 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 
WGUS55 KSLC 261938
FFWSLC
UTC017-262130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
140 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 128 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  ESCALANTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...
  OVER BOULDER AT 150 PM MDT

VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE BOX DEATH HOLLOW WILDNERNESS AREA WILL CAUSE 
FLASH FLOODING ON OR NEAR THE ESCALANTE RIVER...ESPECIALLY IN THE 
CALF CREEK RECREATION AREA.

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 3788 11168 3774 11160 3772 11136 3795 11135

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 8:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCCache24 min
Jul 26, 2:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield46 min
Jul 26, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield, San Juan29 min
Jul 26, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCMillard38 min
Jul 26, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCMillard36 min
Jul 26, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBeaver, Millard45 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.