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Lingering storms hit across Utah as sunshine takes over
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – Happy Monday, Utah! Monsoonal moisture is lingering in the Beehive State today which means more thunderstorms, but not like what we saw over the weekend.
The bottom line? More severe weather and flash flooding on deck today. A brief break from wet weather is around the corner.
The monsoonal flow won’t be as prominent today as high pressure is starting to slide back westward toward us, cutting off the moist air flow. Most of the activity will be focused on the higher terrain, but isolated thunderstorms will still rumble across valleys around the I-15 corridor and the Great Salt Lake Desert in the late afternoon and evening hours. Apart from the isolated thunderstorms, it’ll be a mix of sun and clouds.
Temperatures will warm by a couple of degrees from yesterday which puts us right around average for this time of year. Daytime highs will be in the mid-80s to low 90s for most with upper 70s to low 80s in higher elevations. Salt Lake City and St. George won’t be too far apart temperature-wise with highs of 94 degrees and 98 degrees, respectively.
While the monsoon moisture is tapering off, there is still plenty of energy left in the atmosphere for severe thunderstorms and flash flooding. The Storm Prediction Center has most of northern and central Utah in a “marginal risk” which means some isolated thunderstorms could become severe. The biggest threat will be damaging winds, but we could see large hail in some of these cells as well.
Flash flooding will also be a threat to kick off the workweek for many of the outdoor recreation areas in the south. All of the national and state parks are in the “Possible” flash flood category, except for Grand Staircase/Escalante which is in the “Probable” zone.
If you plan on being in these areas, reschedule if possible. If not, make sure you stay weather-aware because flash floods can occur in places like slot canyons, dry washes, burn scars, and near streams with no warning – even if it isn’t raining where you are.
High pressure takes over tomorrow which will bring mostly sunny to clear skies for most of the state, but some mountainous regions could still have a shower or two roll through. The relief doesn’t last long, wet weather potential starts to slightly uptick on Wednesday when some may see a brief afternoon storm, but Thursday and Friday are when we expect the most thunderstorms.
We’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in our 4Warn Weather forecast both on-air and online, we are Good4Utah!
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SALT LAKE CITY — A California man in Utah, as part of his duties with the National Guard, is accused of trying to solicit sex from a young teenager.
Joshua Ruben Rodriguez, 29, of Fresno, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with attempted rape of a child, a first-degree felony, and enticement of a minor, a second-degree felony.
The investigation began when an agent with the Utah State Bureau of Investigation posed as a 13-year-old girl on a “popular social media site … in an attempt to locate and apprehend adults attempting to have sexual contact with children,” according to charging documents.
On April 16, Rodriguez sent the agent a message — believing he was talking to a teen girl — that stated, “I’ll be direct with you, I would like to get to know you and (have sex with) your mind into a daze to where you feel like a woman,” according to charging documents.
When the “girl” asked if he had a problem with her age, Rodriguez replied, “I don’t have a problem with your age,” the charges state.
The agent told Rodriguez to meet at an apartment complex in Salt Lake County where the girl lived, claiming her mother would be gone. When Rodriguez arrived, he was taken into custody, the charges state.
“(Rodriguez) does not have ties to Utah. He is a resident of Fresno, California. (He) was in town as part of his military service with the California National Guard,” prosecutors stated in charging documents while requesting he be held without bail pending trial.
ST. GEORGE, Utah (KUTV) — One person was hospitalized at the St. George Regional Hospital after a car rolled and caught fire just south of the Utah-Arizona border.
The Beaver Dam and Littlefield Fire Department in Arizona said its crews responded to the crash near the Black Rock Road exit – roughly two miles south of the state border – on Sunday night.
Upon arrival, crews put out the car fire and found the driver had left the scene. A single occupant, who was able to get out of the car on their own, was transported to the hospital by a Beaver Dam ambulance.
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Their condition has not been publicly released.
Details on what led to the crash and the condition of the driver were not immediately available.
The Beaver Dam and Littlefield Fire Department said law enforcement investigated the scene.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz missed out on the NBA Playoffs, but still scored a big win thanks to a coin flip.
In Monday’s tiebreaker coin flip to determine who had the fourth-worst record in the league last season, the Jazz came out winners over the Sacramento Kings, who had the same 22-60 record.
Had the Jazz lost the coin flip, they would have been fifth in NBA Draft Lottery odds. Only the worst four teams are guaranteed to remain within the top eight of the lottery.
If Utah had fallen to fifth, there would have been the chance they could have dropped out of the top 8 teams in the lottery, and owed the draft pick to Oklahoma City, which was top-8 protected in a previous trade.
The Jazz now have an 11.5 percent chance to win the first overall pick in the NBA Draft Lottery, which is scheduled for Sunday, May 10.
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