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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

October 6, 2006Davis County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Oct 6, 2006, 6:20 PM MDT for Davis County, Utah. It was in force for 100 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
Oct 6, 2006, 6:20 PM MDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2006, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
100 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Davis County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 32 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2006-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2006-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 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 070025
FFWSLC
UTC011-070200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
620 PM MDT FRI OCT 6 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DAVIS COUNTY IN UTAH...

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT.

* AT 618 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF 0.50 INCHES IN 15 MINUTES IN THE SNOW CANYON WILDFIRE 
BURN AREA NEAR THE TOWN OF LAYTON. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A DEBRIS FLOW THAT MAY FLOW OUT OF THE FOOTHILL AREAS JUST 
EAST FROM THE TOWN OF LAYTON.

* IF YOU ARE IN THE VICINITY OF THE BURN AREA OR LIVE IN AREAS BELOW 
THE BURN...TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR YOUR SAFETY.  THESE FLOWS CAN BE 
VERY DANGEROUS AND MOVE AT VERY HIGH RATES OF SPEED.

LAT...LON 4104 11191 4105 11187 4110 11189 4110 11192

$$

MCINERNEY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS75 KSLC 070058
FFSSLC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
653 PM MDT FRI OCT 6 2006

UTC011-070200-
DAVIS UT-
653 PM MDT FRI OCT 6 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DAVIS COUNTY...

AT 648 PM MDT...INTENSE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE SNOW 
CANYON BURN AREA EAST OF LAYTON. THE INTENSE RAINFALL IS FALLING AT 
SUCH A RATE THAT A DEBRIS FLOW FROM THE BURN AREA IS PROBABLE. THIS 
AREA AND AREAS THAT DRAIN OUT OF THIS BURN WILL REMAIN VERY 
DANGEROUS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME HOURS.

PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING NEAR THIS AREA. DEBRIS 
FLOWS CAN FLOW AT VERY HIGH RATES OF SPEED AND CARRY LARGE AMOUNTS 
OF MATERIAL.

LAT...LON 4106 11191 4106 11187 4110 11188 4110 11192

$$

MCINERNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCIron30 min
Oct 6, 7:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCDavis3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Utah, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.