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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

April 22, 1992Salt Lake County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1992, 2:05 PM MDT for Salt Lake County, Utah. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1992, 2:05 PM MDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1992, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties

County Salt Lake County, UT

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 2:15 PM MDTHail 0.75Salt Lake, UT

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 13 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 1992-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 1992-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSLC 222007
SVRSLC
UTC035-222100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
205 PM MDT WED APR 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL UTAH
 
   ...SALT LAKE COUNTY
 
AT 200 PM MDT 5/8 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN KEARNS AND MARBLE
TO 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL IN WEST VALLEY.
 
THIS IS DUE TO A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL UP TO 3/4
INCH IN DIAMETER.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHE~R IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.