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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 17, 2008

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood watch at Jul 17, 2008, 4:14 AM MDT. It took effect at Jul 17, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 2008, 4:14 AM MDT (10:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 17, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 17, 2008, 8:46 PM MDT
In force
9 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 16, 3:52 PM MDT, 12 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 3:52 PM MDT, 12 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 4:58 AM MDT, 23 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
458 AM MDT WED JUL 16 2008

UTZ010-012>014-016-019>021-517-518-171100-
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
458 AM MDT WED JUL 16 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH TODAY
AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...
HEAVIEST IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING
IS ELEVATED THROUGH THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY IN NORMALLY FLASH
FLOOD PRONE TERRAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

MOISTURE WITHIN THE AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH WILL
SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...REDUCING THE CHANCE OF HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

UTZ001>009-011-015-WYZ021-171100-
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-WESTERN UINTA BASIN-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
458 AM MDT WED JUL 16 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN UTAH
AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

DRIER AIR WILL RETURN FOR LATE IN THE WEEK WITH THUNDERSTORMS
RESTRICTED MAINLY TO HIGHER TERRAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE 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)

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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.