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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

December 1, 2007Kane County, Washington County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Dec 1, 2007, 4:44 AM MST for Kane County, Washington County, Utah. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 2007, 4:44 AM MST (11:44 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2007, 8:45 AM MST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Kane County, UT, Washington County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 1, 5:21 AM MSTFLOOD2 E St. George, UTSTREET FLOODING WITH ROAD DAMAGE FROM FLOWING WATER
Dec 1, 7:57 AM MSTFLASH FLOOD1 N Springdale, UTFLASH FLOODS THROUGHOUT ZION NATIONAL PARK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 265 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 00:00Z on 2007-12-01Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2007-12-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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 011149
FFWSLC
UTC025-053-011545-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0003.071201T1144Z-071201T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
444 AM MST SAT DEC 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KANE COUNTY IN UTAH...
  EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN UTAH...

* UNTIL 845 AM MST

* AT 436 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
FLASH FLOODING FROM WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OVER AREAS OF EASTERN 
WASHINGTON AND WESTERN KANE COUNTIES.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SLOT CANYONS...DRY WASHES... AND 
SMALL STREAMS FLOWING NEAR ZION NATIONAL PARK AND DRAINAGES FEEDING 
THE VIRGIN RIVER BASIN.  ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED FOR 
SLOT CANYONS AND DRY WASHES FOR STREAMS TO THE EAST OF ZION NATIONAL 
PARK LOCATED IN KANE COUNTY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3701 11355 3752 11348 3749 11324 3748 11323
      3748 11315 3746 11314 3747 11306 3743 11270
      3703 11268
TIME...MOT...LOC 1144Z 180DEG 0KT 3722 11306

$$

MCINERNEY/CONGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 2:18 PM MSTSnow AdvisorySLC9 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.