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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 2014, 5:22 PM MDT for Garfield County, Wayne County, Utah. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2014, 5:22 PM MDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2014, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Garfield County, UT, Wayne County, UT
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
191
WGUS55 KSLC 062322
FFWSLC
UTC017-055-070115-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0041.140906T2322Z-140907T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
522 PM MDT SAT SEP 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN UTAH...
NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN UTAH...
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT
* AT 517 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY PARK RANGERS IN
CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK ALONG PLEASANT CREEK. ALSO THE SOUTH
DRAW ROAD WAS IMPASSIBLE.
* THE STORM THAT BROUGHT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY MOVED OUT OF THE
PARK BUT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE FLASH FLOODING IN THIS
AREA FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN. DRY
WASHES...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.
&&
LAT...LON 3827 11105 3810 11106 3811 11130 3823 11135
$$
PW1 follow-up statement
955 WGUS75 KSLC 070055 FFSSLC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 655 PM MDT SAT SEP 6 2014 UTC017-055-070058- /O.CAN.KSLC.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-140907T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WAYNE UT-GARFIELD UT- 655 PM MDT SAT SEP 6 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... RAINFALL HAD ALREADY ENDED IN THE CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK AND FLOOD WATERS ALONG PLEASANT CREEK HAVE LIKELY RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. TRAVEL ON BACK COUNTRY ROADS IN THIS AREA INCLUDING THE SOUTH DRAW ROAD WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE WELL INTO THE NIGHT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3827 11105 3810 11106 3811 11130 3823 11135 $$ PW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | SLC | 3 days |
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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.