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<SLCSPSSLC WOUSOO KSLC 261500 ^SLCSPSSLC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 8 30 AM MDT SUN SEP 26 1982 ...HEAVY RAINS HIT NORTHWEST UTAH... RATHER STEADY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER NORTHWEST UTAH..NORTH OF SALT LAKE..DURING THE NIGHT. AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH HAVE BEEN REPORTED. COMBINED WITH YESTERDAYS RAIN THIS WILL MAKE THE GROUND FAIRLY SATURATED. THUS.. RUNOFF SHOULD BE HEAVY. THERE IS MORE RAIN RAIN IN STORE. THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD ALSO GRADUALLY WORK SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY. THEREFORE NORHWEST UTAH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SOME LOCAL URBAN FLOODING AND POSSIBLY SMALL STREAM FLOODING TODAy,'IN THE IN NORTHWEST PORTION OF UTAH. A COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING UTAH FROM THE NORTHWEST AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS MUCH COLDER AIR BEHIND THE SYSTEM AND THE SNOW LEVEL SHOULD BE LOWERING TO NEAR 5500 TO 6000 FEET BY MONDAY. PEOPLE ALREADY IN THE MOUNTAINS OR PLANING TO GO THERE..SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTERY WEATHER AND NOT BECOME STRANDED IN BACK COUNTRY AREAS BY MUDDY OR SNOW COVERED DIRT ROADS. THIS IS NOT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OR WARNING AT THIS'TIME..BUT THE SITUATION MAY WORSEN SUCH THAT SOME LOCAL FLASH FLOODING COULD DEVELOP. FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED IF SITUATION WARRANTS. DJ 1430 <SLCFFASLC WOUSOO KSLC 261600 ^SLCFFASLC BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 9 AM MDT SUN SEPT 26 1982 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED AT 9 AM MDT SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN UTAH UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT. THE COUNTIES COVERED ARE TOOELE..BOX ELDER.. CACHE..RICH..WEBER..MORGAN..DAVIS..SALT LAKE..UTAH..WASATCH..SUMMIT.. DAGGET..NORTHERN DUCHESNE..AND NORTHERN UINTA. A COLD' FRflNT"WITt-l 'ITS 'ASSflCIATEIT'UPPEff' t:EVEL'TROtlGlflS "NOW'J10VIlIIG' 'INTO UTAH. HEAVY RAINS PRECEEDING THE FRONT HAVE HIT NORTHWEST UTAH DURING THE NIGHT. NEAR 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOME AREAS. THIS MAKE THE GROUND SATURATED AND FURTHER RAINS ARE LIKELY TO RUNOFF QUITE RAPIDLY. MORE RAIN IS ANTICIPATED AS THE FRONT MOVES SLOWLY OVER THE STATE FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY. THUS SOME URBAN FLOODING AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY. THIS IS NOT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BUT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH INDICATING THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLASH FLOODING. ALL CAMPERS. .HIKERS AND ANYONE NEAR AN AREA WITH A',POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF HEAVY RAINS MOVE INTO THE AREA. TRAVELERS SHOULD ALSO AVOID ATTEMPTING TO CROSS ROADS WHICH ARE COVERED WITH RUNNING WATER. ,FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. JACKMAN...1500Z.