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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 19, 2017Kane County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2017, 2:17 AM MDT for Kane County, Utah. It was in force for 4 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, 2:17 AM MDT (08:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2017, 6:15 AM MDT
In force
4 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 610 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
610 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

463 
WGUS55 KSLC 190817
FFWSLC
UTC025-191215-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0008.170719T0817Z-170719T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

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

* Until 615 AM MDT
    
* At 215 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated a thunderstorm producing 
  heavy rain over southern Kane County. Up to two inches of rain 
  have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly 
  in Buckskin Gulch, Johnson Wash, and Kanab Creek. Urban flooding 
  is also expected in the city of Kanab.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Kanab.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3731 11259 3731 11203 3700 11199 3700 11258

$$

Schoening
2 follow-up statements
725 
WGUS75 KSLC 191040
FFSSLC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
440 AM MDT WED JUL 19 2017

UTC025-191215-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170719T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kane UT-
440 AM MDT WED JUL 19 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KANE COUNTY...

At 438 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated light to moderate rainfall 
continuing over southern Kane County. Up to two inches of rain have 
already fallen earlier this morning, and flash flooding is still 
expected in Buckskin Gulch, Johnson Wash, and Kanab Creek. Please 
use caution near these drainages through the morning. 

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Kanab.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3731 11259 3731 11203 3700 11199 3700 11258

$$

Schoening
821 
WGUS75 KSLC 191211
FFSSLC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
611 AM MDT WED JUL 19 2017

UTC025-191218-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170719T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kane UT-
611 AM MDT WED JUL 19 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 615 AM MDT...

Heavy rain has diminished across the area. However, flows along 
streams and dry washes across southwestern Kane County will remain 
high through the early morning hours as runoff from the earlier 
heavy rain gradually recedes. 

LAT...LON 3731 11259 3731 11203 3700 11199 3700 11258

$$

LC

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, 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
Jul 19, 5:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCWayne3 hr

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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.