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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

September 12, 2002Kane County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Sep 12, 2002, 2:25 PM MDT for Kane County, Utah. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 2002, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2002, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kane County, UT

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2002-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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 122025
FFWSLC
UTC025-122230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
223 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN UTAH

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 224 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN 18 MILES WEST OF BIG WATER...OR ABOUT 29 MILES EAST OF
  KANAB...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF BIG WATER AT 320 PM MDT

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES. THE 
HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER THE BUCKSKIN GULCH REGION SOUTH OF 
STATE ROUTE 89. THIS INCLUDES THE PARIA CANYON PRIMITIVE 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 3721 11215 3700 11218 3701 11156 3717 11170

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 12:23 PM MDTTornado WarningSLCSanpete7 min
Sep 12, 1:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCEmery, Sevier64 min
Sep 12, 2:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCGarfield118 min
Sep 12, 3:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCEmery, Garfield, Kane, Wayne112 min
Sep 12, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield, Kane47 min
Sep 12, 4:24 PM MDTTornado WarningSLCCarbon36 min
Sep 12, 4:24 PM MDTTornado WarningSLCCarbon36 min
Sep 12, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington25 min
Sep 12, 4:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCCarbon, Emery113 min
Sep 12, 5:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCCarbon, Emery98 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Utah, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.