Alert archive / Utah / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2018, 8:11 PM MDT for Kane 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 7, 2018, 8:11 PM MDT (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2018, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 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), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
538
WGUS55 KSLC 080211
FFWSLC
UTC025-080500-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0003.180708T0211Z-180708T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
811 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2018
The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South central Kane County in southern Utah...
* Until 1100 PM MDT
* At 806 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated a thunderstorm producing heavy rain
over south-central Kane County. Over one inch of rain has already fallen.
Flash flooding is expected along Kitchen Corral Wash and Buckskin Gulch.
* Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of south central
Kane County.
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 3724 11205 3706 11194 3700 11183 3700 11204
3722 11222
$$
LC2 follow-up statements
363
WGUS75 KSLC 080349
FFSSLC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
949 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2018
UTC025-080500-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180708T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kane UT-
949 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTY...
At 947 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated around one and a half inches of rain
have already fallen across south-central Utah. This is likely resulting in
flash flooding along Kitchen Corral Wash and Buckskin Gulch.
Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of south central
Kane County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
&&
LAT...LON 3724 11205 3706 11194 3700 11183 3700 11204
3722 11222
$$
LC235
WGUS75 KSLC 080453
FFSSLC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1053 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2018
UTC025-080500-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180708T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kane UT-
1053 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1100 PM MDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flood waters will continue to recede and flooding is
no longer expected to pose a threat. Please remain vigilant of high flows along
Kitchen Corral Wash and Buckskin Gulch.
LAT...LON 3724 11205 3706 11194 3700 11183 3700 11204
3722 11222
$$
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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.