Alert archive / Utah / Flash Flood Warnings in 2024
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2024, 2:25 PM MDT for Garfield County, 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
- Jun 26, 2024, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2024, 5:30 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, Kane County, UT
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1357 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
369
WGUS55 KSLC 262025
FFWSLC
UTC017-025-262330-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0013.240626T2025Z-240626T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
225 PM MDT Wed Jun 26 2024
The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Garfield County in southern Utah...
North Central Kane County in southern Utah...
* Until 530 PM MDT.
* At 225 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across areas of Bryce Canyon National Park downstream
into Tropic, Cannonville, and Kodachrome Basin State Park. Between
0.5 and 1.75 inches of rain have fallen. 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 rivers, creeks,
normally dry washes, and slot canyons.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Henrieville, Bryce Canyon National Park, Tropic, Cannonville, and
Kodachrome Basin State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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.
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 3757 11222 3765 11217 3768 11208 3764 11199
3751 11194 3738 11208 3754 11218
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
JAC2 follow-up statements
263
WGUS75 KSLC 262219
FFSSLC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
419 PM MDT Wed Jun 26 2024
UTC017-025-262330-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-240626T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Garfield UT-Kane UT-
419 PM MDT Wed Jun 26 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GARFIELD AND NORTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTIES...
At 419 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across areas of Bryce Canyon National Park downstream into
Tropic, Cannonville, and Kodachrome Basin State Park. Between 1.0
and 2.50 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of rivers, creeks,
normally dry washes, and slot canyons.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Henrieville, Bryce Canyon National Park, Tropic, Cannonville, and
Kodachrome Basin State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. Dry
washes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
&&
LAT...LON 3757 11222 3765 11217 3768 11208 3764 11199
3751 11194 3738 11208 3754 11218
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
JAC854
WGUS75 KSLC 262339
FFSSLC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
539 PM MDT Wed Jun 26 2024
UTC017-025-262349-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-240626T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Garfield UT-Kane UT-
539 PM MDT Wed Jun 26 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN GARFIELD AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANE COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 3757 11222 3765 11217 3768 11208 3764 11199
3751 11194 3738 11208 3754 11218
$$
JACThe office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Garfield, Kane | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Juab | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Millard | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 4:27 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Kane, San Juan | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Utah | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 5:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Juab | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 5:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | 46 min | |
| Jun 26, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Beaver | 53 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.