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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

June 1, 2017Wayne County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2017, 1:40 PM MDT for Wayne County, Utah. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 1, 2017, 1:40 PM MDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2017, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
2 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), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 256 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

032 
WGUS55 KSLC 011940
FFWSLC
UTC055-012145-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0001.170601T1940Z-170601T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
140 PM MDT THU JUN 1 2017

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  South central Wayne County in southern Utah...

* Until 345 PM MDT

* At 138 PM MDT, park rangers reported flash flooding in Grand Wash 
  at Capitol Reef National Park. The road to Grand Wash is currently 
  closer. Retreat to higher ground if you are currently in a flash 
  flood prone area of the park. 

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Capitol Reef National Park and Fruita. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.

&&

LAT...LON 3819 11121 3826 11129 3832 11135 3839 11136
      3843 11120 3829 11112

$$

MT
2 follow-up statements
255 
WGUS75 KSLC 012055
FFSSLC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
255 PM MDT THU JUN 1 2017

UTC055-012145-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170601T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne UT-
255 PM MDT THU JUN 1 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY...

At 253 PM MDT, park rangers reported that flash flooding continued 
in Grand Wash at Capitol Reef National Park. Water has washed across 
Highway 24, depositing debris east of the visitor center. Retreat to 
higher ground if you are currently in a flash flood prone area of 
the park. 

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Capitol Reef National Park and Fruita. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.

&&

LAT...LON 3819 11121 3826 11129 3832 11135 3839 11136
      3843 11120 3829 11112

$$

MT
654 
WGUS75 KSLC 012150
FFSSLC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
350 PM MDT THU JUN 1 2017

UTC055-012159-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170601T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne UT-
350 PM MDT THU JUN 1 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

The heavy rain that produced the flooding over Grand Wash has ended. 
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat at this time, though 
additional showers and thunderstorms will likely impact the park 
through this evening. Please continue to heed any remaining road 
closures.

LAT...LON 3819 11121 3826 11129 3832 11135 3839 11136
      3843 11120 3829 11112

$$

MT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 4:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCGarfield, Wayne2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Utah, 2017Every flash flood warning in 2017

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.