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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 5, 2008

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood watch at Aug 5, 2008, 3:54 AM MDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 2008, 3:54 AM MDT (09:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2008, 11:09 PM MDT
In force
19 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 5, 3:20 AM MDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 3:20 AM MDT, 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 4:25 AM MDT, 23 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
425 AM MDT MON AUG 4 2008

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-051200-
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-
425 AM MDT MON AUG 4 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OVER FAR SOUTHERN UTAH AND PRODUCE
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. ACROSS THE NORTH
IT WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE CENTRAL AREAS WHERE LOCAL GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

DEEP SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHERN UTAH STARTING
TUESDAY AND INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A
WEATHER DISTURBANCE PUSHES ACROSS UTAH. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN
ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM PATTERN WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND AN INCREASED
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING SPREADING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. DEEP
MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

TARDY

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 4, 6:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCWashington28 min
Aug 4, 7:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCWashington3 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.