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Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 2, 2021Garfield County, San Juan County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2021, 4:14 PM MDT for Garfield County, San Juan 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
Aug 2, 2021, 4:14 PM MDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

Counties Garfield County, UT, San Juan County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

458 
WGUS55 KSLC 022214
FFWSLC
UTC017-037-030115-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0089.210802T2214Z-210803T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
414 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  San Juan County in southeastern Utah...
  Northeastern Garfield County in southern Utah...

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 414 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain 
  has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  slot canyons along North Wash and Trachyte Creek.

This includes the following highways...
	Utah Route 276 between mile markers 0 and 14.
	Utah Route 95 between mile markers 22 and 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3780 11053 3788 11066 3798 11074 3806 11074
      3809 11058 3805 11048 3801 11042 3788 11034

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

MPS
2 follow-up statements
402 
WGUS75 KSLC 030012
FFSSLC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
612 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

UTC017-037-030115-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-210803T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Garfield UT-San Juan UT-
612 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT THIS 
EVENING FOR SAN JUAN AND NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTIES...

At 612 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Between 0.75 and 1.5 inches of rain 
have fallen. Flash flooding is likely occurring across the warned 
area.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
         flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
         urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
slot canyons along North Wash and Trachyte Creek.

This includes the following highways...
	Utah Route 276 between mile markers 0 and 14.
	Utah Route 95 between mile markers 22 and 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3780 11053 3788 11066 3798 11074 3806 11074
      3809 11058 3805 11048 3801 11042 3788 11034

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

MPS
167 
WGUS75 KSLC 030114
FFSSLC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
714 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

UTC017-037-030124-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-210803T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Garfield UT-San Juan UT-
714 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
SAN JUAN AND NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended and flooding is no longer expected to pose 
an immediate threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for portions 
of Utah and southwest Wyoming.

LAT...LON 3780 11053 3788 11066 3798 11074 3806 11074
      3809 11058 3805 11048 3801 11042 3788 11034

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:01 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCEmery, Garfield, Wayne3 hr
Aug 1, 6:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder, Tooele51 min
Aug 1, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder43 min
Aug 1, 6:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCTooele3 hr
Aug 1, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSalt Lake39 min
Aug 1, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Salt Lake, Tooele43 min
Aug 1, 7:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCSalt Lake3 hr
Aug 1, 7:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCGarfield, Iron113 min
Aug 1, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Salt Lake35 min
Aug 1, 7:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCSalt Lake3 hr
Aug 1, 7:58 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCDavis3 hr
Aug 1, 8:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCDavis3 hr
Aug 1, 8:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCUtah114 min
Aug 1, 9:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCDavis, Weber3 hr
Aug 2, 2:04 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchSLCBeaver, Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Davis, Duchesne and 19 more18 hr
Aug 2, 1:16 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCCarbon3 hr
Aug 2, 1:27 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCEmery3 hr
Aug 2, 2:30 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCWayne4 hr
Aug 2, 2:56 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Wayne3 hr
Aug 2, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield66 min
Aug 2, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCEmery43 min
Aug 2, 3:52 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield4 hr
Aug 2, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab45 min
Aug 2, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC50 min
Aug 2, 4:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC50 min
Aug 2, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder38 min

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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.