Alert archive / Utah / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2014, 7:17 PM MDT for Kane County, Washington County, Utah. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2014, 7:17 PM MDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2014, 11:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kane County, UT, Washington County, UT
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:02 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Zion Np, UT | HIGH WATER FLOWING THROUGH BEHUNIN CANYON...HEAPS CANYON...AND PINE CREEK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
279
WGUS55 KSLC 050117
FFWSLC
UTC025-053-050515-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0003.140705T0117Z-140705T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
717 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN UTAH...
EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN UTAH...
* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT
* AT 714 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER ZION NATIONAL PARK. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT
UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...CLEAR CREEK...
AND NORTH FORK VIRGIN RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 11289 3722 11285 3720 11292 3718 11297
3717 11302 3736 11299 3738 11298
$$
LC2 follow-up statements
586
WGUS75 KSLC 050302
FFSSLC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
902 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2014
UTC025-053-050515-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140705T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KANE UT-WASHINGTON UT-
902 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL KANE AND EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 857 PM MDT...RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. IN
ADDITION...PARK RANGERS REPORT SOME FLOODING ALONG SEVERAL
DRAINAGES...INCLUDING BEHUNIN CANYON...HEAPS CANYON...AND PINE CREEK.
WATER FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE RUNNING THROUGH THESE
DRAINAGES ALONG WITH OTHERS ALONG THE NORTH FORK OF THE VIRGIN
RIVER...AND CLEAR CREEK...THROUGH THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 11289 3722 11285 3720 11292 3718 11297
3717 11302 3736 11299 3738 11298
$$
LC834
WGUS75 KSLC 050512
FFSSLC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1112 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2014
UTC025-053-050520-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140705T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KANE UT-WASHINGTON UT-
1112 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANE AND EAST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM MDT...
RUNOFF FROM EARLIER PRECIPITATION IN ZION NATIONAL PARK HAS
DIMINISHED. RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS ALONG THE NORTH FORK OF THE
VIRGIN RIVER...AND THE CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3739 11289 3722 11285 3720 11292 3718 11297
3717 11302 3736 11299 3738 11298
$$
LCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:56 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Kane, Washington | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.