Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Aug 30, 1986, 5:15 PM MDT (23:15 UTC)

Expired

Aug 30, 1986, 6:16 PM MDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Whole counties

Counties Emery County, UT, Grand County, UT

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
515 PM MDT SAT AUG 30 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN EAST CENTRAL UTAH
          ..SOUTHEASTERN EMERY..SOUTHWESTERN GRAND

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWN OF GREEN RIVER.  THE UTAH HIGHWAY PATROL
REPORTS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES WEST OF GREEN RIVER WITH HAIL 3/4
TO INCH COVERING THE HIGHWAY TO A DEPTH OF 6 INCHES IN SOME PLACES.
WEATHER AND SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THIS SEVERE THUNDER
STORM IS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 10-15 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS LIKELY TO CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THUNDERSTORM RAIN MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODS.  STAY OUT OF
NORMALLY LOW OR DRY CREEK BEDS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITSv PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH, LARGE HAIL, AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER,
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
450 PM MDT SAT AUG 30 1986

...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER UTAH THIS AFTERNOON...

VERY HEAVY THUNDERSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON OVER
A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN UTAH.

AT 430 PM MDT THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE
MOUNTAINS FROM GARFIELD AND WAYNE COUNTIES NORTH AND NORTHEAST INTO
SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON..AND LATEST WEATHER RADAR AND
SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN A MOIST AIRMASS COVERING MOST
OF UTAH..AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACH
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE.

PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT UTAH..INCLUDING ALL
OF THE STATE PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS..SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR
THE POSSIBILILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDING LOCAL FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS AND DRY WASHES..STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO OVER 40 MPH..
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUEAD IF NEEDED.

WPD/DRS...2250Z.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Utah, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.