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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 19, 2017Sevier County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2017, 1:29 PM MDT for Sevier 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, 1:29 PM MDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2017, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Sevier County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2017-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 319 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2017-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-282 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

241 
WGUS55 KSLC 191929
FFWSLC
UTC041-192230-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0009.170719T1929Z-170719T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Sevier County in central Utah...

* Until 430 PM MDT
    
* At 126 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated a thunderstorm producing 
  heavy rain over Solomon Basin in southeastern Sevier county. 2 to 
  3 inches of rain have fallen in this area in the last hour. 

* Flash flooding is expected to impact Solomon Creek and other 
  waterways in the area.  This flash flood warning includes a 
  portion of State Route 72 near Hogan Pass.

* Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern
  Sevier 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 3856 11135 3852 11146 3851 11153 3864 11148
      3864 11131 3863 11131

$$

CRK/NC
2 follow-up statements
084 
WGUS75 KSLC 192108
FFSSLC

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

UTC041-192230-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170719T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Sevier UT-
308 PM MDT WED JUL 19 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SEVIER COUNTY...

Very heavy rainfall continues over the Solomon Basin area including 
portions of State Route 72 near Hogan Pass. Over 4 inches of rain 
have fallen in the Solomon Basin.

This warning includes Solomon Creek and other waterways and dry 
washes in the Solomon Basin.

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 3856 11135 3852 11146 3851 11153 3864 11148
      3864 11131 3863 11131

$$

CRK
240 
WGUS75 KSLC 192226
FFSSLC

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

UTC041-192234-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170719T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Sevier UT-
426 PM MDT WED JUL 19 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEVIER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 430 PM MDT...

The heavy rain has ended although area creeks and streams and 
normally dry washes may continue to run high for several hours.

LAT...LON 3856 11135 3852 11146 3851 11153 3864 11148
      3864 11131 3863 11131

$$

RG

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, 1:36 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

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.