Alert archive / Utah / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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.
- 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
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
$$
mconger2 follow-up statements
423
WGUS75 KSLC 012325
FFSSLC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
525 PM MDT THU JUN 1 2017
UTC017-055-020030-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170602T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne UT-Garfield UT-
525 PM MDT THU JUN 1 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
WESTERN WAYNE AND CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTIES...
At 522 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated the earlier heavy rain
from showers and thunderstorms has exited the warned area.
Runoff from the is earlier heavy rain is likely producing
flash flooding in the flood prone areas of Capitol Reef National
Park, mainly in the Garfield county portion of the warning.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
&&
LAT...LON 3808 11104 3828 11107 3846 11145 3797 11118
3767 11107 3767 11089
$$
mconger246
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
$$
mcongerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:40 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Wayne | 2 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.