Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Aug 15, 2003, 3:27 PM MDT (21:27 UTC)

Expired

Aug 15, 2003, 5:30 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

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WGUS55 KSLC 152127
FFWSLC
UTC025-152330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
327 PM MDT FRI AUG 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN KANE COUNTY IN UTAH

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* AT 320 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY   
  HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES    
  EAST OF KANAB.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

THIS WARNING IS FOR JOHNSON WASH AND ALL OF ITS UPSTREAM DRAINAGES. 
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS COVERED MOST OF THE UPSTREAM AREAS FOR THIS WASH. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG JOHNSON CANYON ROAD SHOULD EXPECT VERY HIGH 
STREAM FLOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF WATER BEGINS RISING IN YOUR 
AREA. 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. 

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 3701 11247 3700 11230 3749 11230 3742 11242
          3729 11246

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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.