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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 27, 2013

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood watch at Jul 27, 2013, 2:24 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2013, 2:24 PM MDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2013, 10:24 PM MDT
In force: 8 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 27, 10:15 AM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 10:15 AM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 6:12 AM MDT, 8 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
612 AM MDT SAT JUL 27 2013

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-281215-
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-
612 AM MDT SAT JUL 27 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS WILL BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA
TODAY ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THESE WILL CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTH.

HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS...ALONG WITH A THREAT OF
FLASH FLOODING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN WOULD BE LATE
TODAY INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ON SUNDAY WITH A
CONTINUED THREAT OF LOCAL HEAVY RAIN. THIS WOULD BE MAINLY OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS DURING THE DAY SPREADING INTO THE
NORTH LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

DRIER AIR WILL START TO SPREAD IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY BUT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH.
THIS DRYING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK BRINGING MOST OF
THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO AN END.

.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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 5:42 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	SLC	Kane	3 hr
Jul 27, 5:58 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	SLC	Iron	3 hr

Nearby

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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.