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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 16, 2008

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood watch at Jul 16, 2008, 3:18 AM MDT. It took effect at Jul 16, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2008, 3:18 AM MDT (09:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 16, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jul 16, 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 Jul 15, 8:44 PM MDT, 6 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 8:44 PM MDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 10:09 AM MDT, 17 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1009 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008

UTZ013-016-019>021-517-518-161615-
SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
1009 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008

...UPDATED...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MOIST AIRMASS OVER SOUTHWEST UTAH WILL RESULT IN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MOISTURE WITHIN THE AIRMASS WILL INCREASE FURTHER FOR WEDNESDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL. DRIER AIR WILL
RETURN FOR LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

UTZ001>012-014-015-WYZ021-161615-
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-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-
WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
1009 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UTAH...
NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MOISTURE WILL INCREASE TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
UTAH. THIS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS MAY BRING STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MOISTURE WITHIN THE AIRMASS WILL INCREASE FURTHER FOR WEDNESDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL. DRIER AIR WILL
RETURN FOR LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 1:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	SLC	Garfield, Wayne	3 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.