Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Jul 9, 1989, 4:13 PM MDT (22:13 UTC)

Expired

Jul 9, 1989, 6:30 PM MDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Whole counties

Counties Salt Lake County, UT, Utah 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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TTAA00 KSLC 092225 COR
SVRSLC
UTC049-011-035-057-100200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
413 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM MDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN CENTRAL UTAH
          ...UTAH
IN NORTH CENTRAL UTAH
          ...DAVIS...SALT LAKE...WEBER

CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING ARE AND WILL BE FAVORABLE
FOR HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED MICROBURSTS. THEREFORE A
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR DAVIS...WEBER...SALT LAKE AND
UTAH COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING FOR MICROBURST WINDS WITH
GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR MORE ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS.

THESE WINDS ARE USUALLY OF VERY SHORT DURATION BUT CAN BE EXTREMELY
STRONG.  THEREFORE PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE ANY LOOSE
MATERIAL WHICH COULD BE )DAMAGED OR BECOME AIRBORNE AND PRODUCE DAMAGE
SHOULD BE SECURED.

ERC/DJ 09/2225Z

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
145 PM MDT SUN JUL 09 1989

...STRONG MICROBURST WINDS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWEST UTAH...

LIGHTNING DETECTION AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE HIGH BASED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST UTAH THIS AFTERNOON. SINCE
THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES QUITE DRY THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR.

RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST UTAH SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
THESE STRONG MICROBURST WINDS FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. IN ADDITION...ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD BE CONSCIOUS OF THE THREAT
OF KILLER LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING CAUSED FIRES ARE ALSO A DISTINCT
POSSIBILITY DUE TO THE DRY VEGETATION IN MANY RURAL AREAS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE AS WELL...
BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS IS SLIGHTLY LOWER DUE TO
MORE MOIST AIR NEAR THE SURFACE.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL B~E ISSUED AS NEEDED.

DDH/ERC 1945Z

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Utah, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.