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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

June 1, 2017Garfield County, Wayne County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2017, 4:08 PM MDT for Garfield County, 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, 4:08 PM MDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2017, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
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), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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, 10.1 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.

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.

827 
WGUS55 KSLC 012208
FFWSLC
UTC017-055-020030-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0002.170601T2208Z-170602T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Western Wayne County in southern Utah...
  Central Garfield County in southern Utah...

* Until 630 PM MDT

* At 404 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain advancing into 
  Capitol Reef National Park. Flash flooding is expected to begin 
  shortly in areas primarily south of state route 24, extending 
  south to the Glen Canyon Recreation area.

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, especially in areas with narrow canyons.

&&

LAT...LON 3808 11104 3828 11107 3846 11145 3797 11118
      3767 11107 3767 11089

$$

mconger
2 follow-up statements
423 
WGUS75 KSLC 012325
FFSSLC

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

UTC017-055-020030-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170602T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne UT-Garfield UT-
525 PM MDT THU JUN 1 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
WESTERN WAYNE AND CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTIES...

At 522 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated the earlier heavy rain 
from showers and thunderstorms has exited the warned area. 
Runoff from the is earlier heavy rain is likely producing
flash flooding in the flood prone areas of Capitol Reef National 
Park, mainly in the Garfield county portion of the warning.

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 3808 11104 3828 11107 3846 11145 3797 11118
      3767 11107 3767 11089

$$

mconger
246 
WGUS75 KSLC 020029
FFSSLC

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

UTC017-055-020039-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170602T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne UT-Garfield UT-
629 PM MDT THU JUN 1 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN WAYNE AND CENTRAL GARFIELD
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3808 11104 3828 11107 3846 11145 3797 11118
      3767 11107 3767 11089

$$

mconger

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 1:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCWayne2 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.