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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 28, 2021Cache County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2021, 12:19 PM MDT for Cache 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 28, 2021, 12:19 PM MDT (18:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2021, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Cache County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2021-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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 2021-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

553 
WGUS55 KSLC 281819
FFWSLC
UTC005-282115-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0061.210728T1819Z-210728T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1219 PM MDT Wed Jul 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Cache County in northern Utah...

* Until 315 PM MDT.

* At 1219 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the headwaters of Saddle Creek. Between 2 and 3 
  inches of rain have fallen in the past hour. Flash flooding is 
  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  mainly rural areas of East Central Cache County

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Saddle Creek and associated tributaries.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4181 11146 4178 11145 4176 11145 4168 11145
      4167 11151 4167 11160 4173 11155 4177 11153
      4180 11151

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

SW
1 follow-up statement
989 
WGUS75 KSLC 282114
FFSSLC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
314 PM MDT Wed Jul 28 2021

UTC005-282124-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210728T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cache UT-
314 PM MDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR 
EAST CENTRAL CACHE COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Runoff from earlier heavy rainfall will continue to decrease 
through the afternoon and evening hours. Please continue to heed any 
road closures.

LAT...LON 4181 11146 4178 11145 4176 11145 4168 11145
      4167 11151 4167 11160 4173 11155 4177 11153
      4180 11151

$$

SW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 11:57 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCCache48 min
Jul 28, 1:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCMorgan3 hr
Jul 28, 2:17 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCEmery3 hr
Jul 28, 3:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCDavis, Morgan3 hr
Jul 28, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder25 min

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.