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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 29, 2017Kane County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2017, 2:35 PM MDT for Kane County, Utah. It was in force for 6 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 29, 2017, 2:35 PM MDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2017, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Kane County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2017-07-29Temperature 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2017-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

096 
WGUS55 KSLC 292035
FFWSLC
UTC025-300030-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0032.170729T2035Z-170730T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
235 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

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

* Until 630 PM MDT
    
* At 233 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated a thunderstorm producing 
  heavy rain over Buckskin Wash. Flash flooding is expected to begin 
  shortly.

* Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of south central
  Kane County. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3716 11233 3737 11204 3731 11198 3721 11200
      3712 11198 3704 11191 3700 11185 3700 11205
      3704 11216

$$

PW
2 follow-up statements
639 
WGUS75 KSLC 292225
FFSSLC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
425 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017

UTC025-300030-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-170730T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kane UT-
425 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTY...

At 421 PM MDT, thunderstorms have ended across this area but the 
heavy runoff from these storms is likely moving down the Buckskin 
Gulch. Flash flooding is still expected in this drainage through the 
rest of this afternoon. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3716 11233 3737 11204 3731 11198 3721 11200
      3712 11198 3704 11191 3700 11185 3700 11205
      3704 11216

$$

PW
696 
WGUS55 KSLC 300023
FFWSLC
UTC025-300230-
/O.EXT.KSLC.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-170730T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
623 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has extended the

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

* Until 830 PM MDT

* At 621 PM MDT, trained weather spotters reported flash flooding in 
  Buckskin Gulch crossing House Rock Road. 

* Flash flooding will continue to move down the drainage in to the 
  Dive portion of Buckskin Gulch through 830 PM MDT. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3716 11233 3737 11204 3731 11198 3721 11200
      3712 11198 3704 11191 3700 11185 3700 11205
      3704 11216

$$

PW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 6:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCKane6 hr
Jul 29, 2:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCWashington4 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.