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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 3, 2006

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood watch at Jul 3, 2006, 3:54 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2006, 3:54 PM MDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2006, 9:36 PM MDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Flood severity: None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jul 3, 3:00 PM MDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:00 PM MDT, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 9:34 AM MDT, 6 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
934 AM MDT MON JUL 3 2006

UTZ012>014-016>021-041545-
CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
934 AM MDT MON JUL 3 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UTAH
AND SOUTHERN UTAH.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST UTAH TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
SOUTHWEST INTO UTAHS DIXIE REGION THIS EVENING. MOISTURE HAS
INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVERNIGHT ACROSS THIS AREA...AND AS A
RESULT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED
INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT IN AREAS
PRONE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...SUCH AS SLOT CANYONS AND NORMALLY DRY
WASHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND RESULTANT FLASH FLOODING WILL
EXIST TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH. A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM
WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY MOIST AIRMASS...BRINGING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF SOUTHERN UTAH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS...WHICH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH FLASH FLOOD THREAT TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH.

A GENERAL DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE
WEEK INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE PRIMARILY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY...HOWEVER AREAL COVERAGE OF THESE STORMS WILL BE
DECREASING EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

UTZ001>011-015-WYZ021-041545-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
934 AM MDT MON JUL 3 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND
WEST CENTRAL UTAH...AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
UINTA MOUNTAINS...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE
REST OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN UTAH. ADDITIONALLY...ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
WESTERN UTAH NEAR THE NEVADA BORDER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE
LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
UTAH...THEN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH AND FAR SOUTHWEST
WYOMING. MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH INTO WEST CENTRAL
UTAH TUESDAY...THEN NORTH ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH ON WEDNESDAY. A
SLOW MOVING ST0RM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL INTERACT
WITH THIS MOISTURE...TO RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING.

DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...RESULTING IN A DECREASING THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

SEAMAN

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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.