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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2014, 1:32 PM MDT for Kane County, Utah. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2014, 1:32 PM MDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2014, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kane County, UT
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 237 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
272
WGUS55 KSLC 131932
FFWSLC
UTC025-140130-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0021.140813T1932Z-140814T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
132 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN UTAH...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 126 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH
OUT OF THE ARIZONA/UTAH BORDER. INTENSE RAINFALL IS FALLING OVER
MULTIPLE DRAINAGES THAT ARE VERY PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING.
* THE PARIA...BUCKSKIN...JOHNSON...WAHWEEP...AND WARM SPRING
DRAINAGES ARE ANTICIPATED TO FLASH FLOOD SHORTLY. THESE AREAS ARE
LOCATED EAST OF KANAB AND WEST OF LAKE POWELL ALONG THE SOUTHERN
UTAH BORDER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO ENSURE FOR YOUR
SAFETY.
&&
LAT...LON 3753 11173 3701 11138 3701 11240 3731 11246
3744 11231 3744 11222 3752 11207
$$
MCINERNEY1 follow-up statement
066
WGUS75 KSLC 132156
FFSSLC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
356 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2014
UTC025-132205-
/O.CAN.KSLC.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140814T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KANE UT-
356 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN UTAH HAS SLOWED TO THE POINT WHERE
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. AS SUCH...THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3753 11173 3701 11138 3701 11240 3731 11246
3744 11231 3744 11222 3752 11207
$$
MCINERNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Davis, Salt Lake, Weber | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 6:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Cache, Morgan | 66 min |
| Aug 12, 7:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Rich | 56 min |
| Aug 12, 7:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SLC | Davis, Salt Lake, Weber | 85 min |
| Aug 12, 8:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | 60 min | |
| Aug 13, 4:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | 58 min | |
| Aug 13, 5:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Tooele | 53 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.