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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 19, 2017Wayne County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2017, 5:42 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, 2017, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2017, 8:30 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), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 258 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 2017-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2017-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

994 
WGUS55 KSLC 192342
FFWSLC
UTC055-200230-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0011.170719T2342Z-170720T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
542 PM MDT WED JUL 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Wayne County in southern Utah...

* Until 830 PM MDT
    
* At 534 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain just west of Capitol Reef National Park.  Radar 
  estimates indicate that up to 2 inches of rain has fallen in this 
  area. This rainfall is expected to result in flash flooding in 
  Sulphur Creek in Capitol Reef National park. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 3828 11111 3822 11111 3821 11131 3830 11139
      3831 11149 3838 11145 3827 11119

$$
1 follow-up statement
308 
WGUS75 KSLC 200225
FFSSLC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
825 PM MDT WED JUL 19 2017

UTC055-200234-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170720T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne UT-
825 PM MDT WED JUL 19 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 830 PM MDT...

The heavy rain has ended and the flash flood warning will be allowed 
to expire. While significant flash flooding is no longer expected 
area creeks and streams and normally dry washes may continue to run 
high for several hours.

LAT...LON 3828 11111 3822 11111 3821 11131 3830 11139
      3831 11149 3838 11145 3827 11119

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCIron32 min
Jul 19, 2:17 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCKane4 hr
Jul 19, 1:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCSevier3 hr
Jul 19, 1:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCPiute24 min
Jul 19, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCUtah, Wasatch32 min
Jul 19, 3:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCUtah39 min
Jul 19, 3:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCUtah55 min
Jul 19, 4:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCEmery, Sevier, Wayne3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.