Alert archive / Utah / Flood Watches in 2008
Flood Watch 1, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flood watch at May 20, 2008, 10:01 AM MDT. It took effect at May 21, 2008, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2008, 10:01 AM MDT (16:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 21, 2008, 3:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 20, 2008, 3:03 PM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
- Flood severity
- None
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at May 20, 4:50 AM MDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 4:50 AM MDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 6:32 AM MDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 632 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008 UTZ001>005-014>016-019>021-517-518-211300- CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-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- 632 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN UTAH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL GENERATE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN VALLEYS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST UTAH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING ALONG WITH NUMEROUS WIND ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST UTAH TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL SETTLE OVER THE GREAT BASIN BEGINNING WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF VALLEY RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY...THEN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AGAIN FOR LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR BELOW LATE MAY NORMALS THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. UTZ006>013-WYZ021-211300- 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-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 632 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN UTAH AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH RECORD OR NEAR RECORD HIGHS IN SOME LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. COOL AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL RETURN LATE SUNDAY...THEN CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHEAST UTAH MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING INTO MEMORIAL DAY. .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)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:26 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | SLC | 11 hr | |
| May 19, 9:26 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | SLC | 27 hr | |
| May 20, 4:17 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | SLC | 23 hr | |
| May 20, 2:22 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | SLC | Wasatch | 26 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.