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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 23, 2013

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood watch at Jul 23, 2013, 3:13 AM MDT. It took effect at Jul 23, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2013, 3:13 AM MDT (09:13 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 23, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 23, 2013, 9:00 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 22, 9:52 PM MDT, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 9:52 PM MDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
952 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2013

.SYNOPSIS...DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHERN UTAH TONIGHT
THEN START TO MOVE NORTHWARD TUESDAY. THIS MOISTURE WILL COVER THE
ENTIRE AREA BY WEDNESDAY...AND COULD LINGER THROUGH THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...BROAD HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS E-W FROM THE NRN CA COAST
ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THIS EVE. DEEP
MOISTURE IN PLACE S OF THE RIDGE AXIS CONTINUES TO GENERATE LOCAL
HEAVY RAINS ACROSS FAR SRN UT. THESE HAVE ENDED FOR THE MOST PART
ALTHO SMALLER STORMS CONTINUE ACROSS FAR SRN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT
THIS TIME.

CONSIDERABLE ANVIL BLOWOFF FROM THE STRONG STORMS EARLIER HAS SPREAD
DENSE CIRRUS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA WITH SOME OF THIS MAKING IT ALL
THE WAY TO THE ID BORDER. THIS WILL TEND TO DISSIPATE AS THE NIGHT
GOES ON BUT SOME IS LIKELY TO LINGER INTO TUE KEEPING MIN TEMPS
ELEVATED SOMEWHAT TONIGHT.

THE RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST ROTATE ANTI-CYCLONICALLY TOMORROW VEERING
THE FLOW ACROSS THE SWRN 1/2 OF THE CWA TO MORE SOUTHERLY AND
ALLOWING THE MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTH TO START SPREADING
UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE CWA. THE 18Z GFS IMPLIES CONVECTION MAY
NOT MAKE IT MUCH PAST MILLARD COUNTY WHILE THE NAM BRINGS IT A
LITTLE FARTHER N. EITHER WAY...STORMS AWAY FROM SRN UT TOMORROW
WILL LIKELY BE DRY AT FIRST. HEAVY RAIN IS AGAIN LIKELY ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST.

THE REMAINS OF THE WEAK CLOSED LOW CURRENTLY OFF THE CENTRAL CA
COAST SLIDE OVER THE RIDGE ON WED DRAWING THE MOISTURE UP ACROSS THE
REST OF THE CWA. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER
WITH THIS FEATURE COULD HINDER CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTH SOMEWHAT.

THE RIDGE REBOUNDS TO OUR WEST THU WITH SOME DRYING BUT IT DOES NOT
COMPLETELY CLEAR OUT THE MOISTURE.

UPDATED FORECASTS EARLIER TO INCREASE CLOUD COVER TONIGHT AND SCALE
BACK EVE CONVECTION. NO ADDITIONAL UPDATES PLANNED.

&&

.AVIATION...THE SLC TERMINAL WILL SEE VFR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE
TAF PERIOD WITH ANY CIGS REMAINING WELL ABV 7000 FT. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST...MOISTURE WILL
BEGIN TO SURGE NORTHWARD TOMORROW...INCREASING THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE BEGINNING TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
UTAH...INCLUDING ZONES 478...479...AND 492. ACROSS ZONES 478 AND
479...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR DRY LIGHTNING IS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE ZONES.

MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE NORTHWARD WEDNESDAY. WHILE MUCH
OF THE STATE WILL SEE CONVECTION WEDNESDAY THE THREAT FOR DRY
LIGHTNING WILL BE CONFINED TO NORTHERN UTAH.

MOISTURE WILL LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND...AND CONVECTION IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOONS.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
     EVENING BELOW 7500 FEET FOR UTZ478-479-492.

WY...NONE.
&&

WILENSKY/STRUTHWOLF

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

FOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY/GENERAL/AFD_FAQS.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 5:55 AM MDT, 21 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
555 AM MDT MON JUL 22 2013

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-231200-
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-
555 AM MDT MON JUL 22 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL TO
SOUTHERN UTAH AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY WITHIN SLOT CANYONS AND NORMALLY
DRY WASHES OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH.

FURTHER NORTH...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH...WITH MANY VALLEY
LOCATIONS APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING THE 100 DEGREE MARK THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
SOUTHERN UTAH THROUGH TUESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. THIS MOISTURE IS
EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHWARD AND ENCOMPASS THE REMAINDER OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA BY WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A
THREAT ACROSS THE SOUTH THROUGH MIDWEEK AT LEAST.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY
ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR ABOVE
100 DEGREES IN MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS.

.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)

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

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 6:10 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCKane, Washington4 hr
Jul 22, 7:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCIron, Washington108 min
Jul 23, 4:16 AM MDTRed Flag WarningSLCJuab, Millard, Sanpete18 hr
Jul 23, 3:04 PM MDTFire Weather WatchSLCBox Elder, Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah11 hr

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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.