Alert archive / Utah / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2016, 4:59 PM MDT for Wayne County, Utah. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 19, 2016, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wayne County, UT
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
863
WGUS55 KSLC 192259
FFWSLC
UTC055-200200-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0003.160719T2259Z-160720T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
459 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN UTAH...
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT
* AT 455 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK...SULPHUR CREEK...GRAND WASH...
THE SCENIC DRIVE AND FRUITA. THE FREMONT RIVER WILL ALSO
EXPERIENCE ENHANCED DRAINAGE. IN ADDITION...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS FALLING IN THE CATHEDRAL VALLEY OF CAPITOL REEF
NATIONAL PARK AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THIS
AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3846 11122 3817 11108 3815 11121 3826 11142
3840 11151
$$
CRK2 follow-up statements
832
WGUS75 KSLC 200035
FFSSLC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
635 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2016
UTC055-200200-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160720T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE UT-
635 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 633 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAS
OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK...SULPHUR CREEK...GRAND WASH...
THE SCENIC DRIVE AND FRUITA. THE FREMONT RIVER WILL ALSO
EXPERIENCE ENHANCED DRAINAGE. IN ADDITION...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS FALLING IN THE CATHEDRAL VALLEY OF CAPITOL REEF
NATIONAL PARK AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THIS
AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3846 11122 3817 11108 3815 11121 3826 11142
3840 11151
$$
CRK275
WGUS75 KSLC 200155
FFSSLC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
755 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2016
UTC055-200202-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160720T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE UT-
755 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM MDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK. ALTHOUGH
AREA STREAMS INCLUDING SULPHUR CREEK MAY CONTINUE TO SEE ELEVATED
FLOWS, FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3846 11122 3817 11108 3815 11121 3826 11142
3840 11151
$$
LCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Salt Lake | 23 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.