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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 7, 2018Kane County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2018, 5:51 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 7, 2018, 5:51 PM MDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2018, 11:45 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), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 2018-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 189 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 12:00Z on 2018-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

640 
WGUS55 KSLC 072351
FFWSLC
UTC025-080545-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0002.180707T2351Z-180708T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
551 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2018

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

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

* Until 1145 PM MDT
    
* At 549 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated a thunderstorm producing heavy rain 
  over north-central Kane County. Over an inch and a half of rain has already 
  fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly along Last Chance Creek 
  and Croton Canyon from their headwaters in north-central Kane County down to 
  their terminus at Lake Powell.

* Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of 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.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 3748 11129 3705 11124 3724 11150 3737 11165
      3752 11175

$$

LC
2 follow-up statements
677 
WGUS75 KSLC 080223
FFSSLC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
823 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2018

UTC025-080545-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180708T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kane UT-
823 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL KANE COUNTY...

At 820 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated that up to two inches of rain have 
already fallen across north-central Kane County. This is likely resulting in 
flash flooding along Last Chance Creek and Croton Canyon.

Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of 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.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 3748 11129 3705 11124 3724 11150 3737 11165
      3752 11175

$$

LC
325 
WGUS75 KSLC 080551
FFSSLC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1151 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2018

UTC025-080600-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180708T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kane UT-
1151 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL KANE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 3748 11129 3705 11124 3724 11150 3737 11165
      3752 11175

$$

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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.