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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 12, 2013

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood watch at Jul 12, 2013, 2:45 AM MDT. It took effect at Jul 12, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2013, 2:45 AM MDT (08:45 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 12, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 12, 2013, 8:57 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 11, 4:12 PM MDT, 10 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 4:12 PM MDT, 10 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 2:45 AM MDT, 24 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
245 AM MDT THU JUL 11 2013

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-121300-
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-
245 AM MDT THU JUL 11 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MOISTURE WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THIS WILL ALLOW SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. INITIALLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BRING THE THREAT OF GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS. THIS
THREAT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD FROM SOUTHERN UTAH INTO CENTRAL AND
WESTERN UTAH AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WITH DEEPER MOISTURE
ESTABLISHING ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH...THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF
FLASH FLOODING FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ESPECIALLY ACROSS BURN
SCARS AND SLOT CANYONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE THREAT IS GREATEST FOR BURN
SCARS AND SLOT CANYONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

ROGOWSKI

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

FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 4:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington37 min
Jul 12, 4:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCWashington3 hr
Jul 12, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington44 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Utah, 2013Every flash flood watch in 2013

Sources

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