Alert archive / Utah / Flash Flood Watches in 2008

Flash Flood Watch 12, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 8, 2008

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood watch at Aug 8, 2008, 4:20 AM MDT. It took effect at Aug 8, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2008, 4:20 AM MDT (10:20 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 8, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 8, 2008, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
10 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 Aug 7, 9:00 PM MDT, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 9:00 PM MDT, 7 hours 20 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 4:57 AM MDT, 23 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
457 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2008

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-081100-
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-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
457 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DEEP MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER DAY OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. HEAVY RAIN IS
POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH. FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS LIKE DRY
WASHES AND SLOT CANYONS SHOULD BE AVOIDED. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

DEEP SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND RESULTING IN
A CONTINUED ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM PATTERN WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND AN
ELEVATED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. A DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED BY
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 6:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCEmery, Wayne2 hr
Aug 8, 9:57 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCGarfield6 hr
Aug 8, 12:38 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCDuchesne3 hr
Aug 8, 1:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCIron, Washington3 hr
Aug 8, 3:51 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCGarfield4 hr
Aug 8, 3:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCBeaver3 hr
Aug 8, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCEmery39 min
Aug 8, 4:11 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCIron, Washington3 hr
Aug 8, 5:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCGarfield, Kane, San Juan5 hr
Aug 8, 5:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCGarfield, San Juan3 hr
Aug 8, 5:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCUtah, Wasatch3 hr
Aug 8, 5:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCWashington6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Utah, 2008Every flash flood watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.