Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Jul 1, 2008, 4:26 PM MDT (22:26 UTC)

Expired

Jul 1, 2008, 6:00 PM MDT

In force

94 min

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Wayne County, UT

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS55 KSLC 012229
FFWSLC
UTC055-020000-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0004.080701T2226Z-080702T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
426 PM MDT TUE JUL 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN UTAH...

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 420 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAINEVILLE
  AND THE EAST ENTRANCE AREA TO CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK.

A SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST OUT OF CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL 
PARK HAS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN IN THE PLEASANT CREEK AND DRY CREEK 
DRAINAGES. THESE CREEKS WILL BRING HEAVY FLOWS AND FLOODING IN THE 
FREMONT RIVER HEADING INTO CAINEVILLE.

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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 3835 11114 3836 11100 3825 11102 3820 11114

$$

000 
WGUS75 KSLC 012323
FFSSLC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
522 PM MDT TUE JUL 1 2008

UTC055-020000-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080702T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE UT-
522 PM MDT TUE JUL 1 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 515 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA.
HEAVY RUNOFF IN THE SMALL CREEKS FEEDING THE FREMONT RIVER EAST OF 
CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK MAY STILL HAVE FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 600 
PM. THE FREMONT RIVER WILL ALSO SEE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN FLOW 
WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING DOWNSTREAM TO THE TOWN OF CAINEVILLE.

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.

LAT...LON 3835 11114 3836 11100 3825 11102 3820 11114

$$

000 
WGUS75 KSLC 012358
FFSSLC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
557 PM MDT TUE JUL 1 2008

UTC055-020007-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080702T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE UT-
557 PM MDT TUE JUL 1 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTY...

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER PRECIPITATION HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY AND RIVER 
AND STREAM LEVELS WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 


LAT...LON 3835 11114 3836 11100 3825 11102 3820 11114

$$

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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.