Alert archive / Utah / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1995, 7:42 PM MDT for Salt Lake County, Tooele County, Utah. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1995, 7:42 PM MDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1995, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Salt Lake County, UT, Tooele County, UT
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSLC 020150 RRA SVRSLC UTC035-045-020245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 742 PM MDT THU JUN 1 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL UTAH ...SALT LAKE COUNTY ...EASTERN TOOELE AT 745 PM...NEXRAD RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF WEST TO EAST ORIENTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN UTAH COUNTY. THE LINE IS MOVING NORTHWARD AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN SALT LAKE COUNTY AND EASTERN TOOELE COUNTY INTO NORTHERN SALT LAKE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ALL OF SALT LAKE COUNTY AND EASTERN TOOELE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH PROVO /BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY/ THEY PRODUCED A GUST OF 60 MPH. THE HIGH WINDS ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO TIE DOWN LOOSE OBJECTS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
UTZALL-020100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 400 PM MDT THU JUN 1 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER UTAH... THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER UTAH THIS AFTERNOON IN AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ONTO THE WEST COAST. AS OF 400 PM...SATELLITE AND DOPPLER RADAR WERE SHOWING THE GREATEST ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL UTAH EXTENDING WESTWARD TO THE NEVADA BORDER. GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TOWARDS THE NORTH AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANYONE OUT OF DOORS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS A DANGER. BOATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE SUDDEN ONSET OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT COULD MAKE OPEN WATERS ROUGH. PJW...2155Z
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
UTZALL-020100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 400 PM MDT THU JUN 1 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER UTAH... THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER UTAH THIS AFTERNOON IN AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ONTO THE WEST COAST. AS OF 400 PM...SATELLITE AND DOPPLER RADAR WERE SHOWING THE GREATEST ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL UTAH EXTENDING WESTWARD TO THE NEVADA BORDER. GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TOWARDS THE NORTH AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANYONE OUT OF DOORS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS A DANGER. BOATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE SUDDEN ONSET OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT COULD MAKE OPEN WATERS ROUGH. PJW...2155Z
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
UTZALL-020100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
625 PM MDT THU JUN 1 1995
...THUNDERSTORMS OVER UTAH...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER UTAH IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AT 600 PM...SATELLITE AND DOPPLER RADAR WERE SHOWING THE GREATEST
ACTIVITY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN CLUSTERS AND LINES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 15-25 MPH.
AT ABOUT 6 PM IN SANTA CLARA...WIND GUST FROM THUNDERSTORMS KNOCKED
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. THE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 40
MPH.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER THE
STATE...MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE WEST. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
ANYONE OUT OF DOORS THE REST OF THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO
THE SKY AND SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS A DANGER. BOATERS SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR THE SUDDEN ONSET OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT COULD
MAKE OPEN WATERS ROUGH.
OMAI 0025 UTCSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 6:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
UTZALL-020100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
625 PM MDT THU JUN 1 1995
...THUNDERSTORMS OVER UTAH...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER UTAH IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AT 600 PM...SATELLITE AND DOPPLER RADAR WERE SHOWING THE GREATEST
ACTIVITY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN CLUSTERS AND LINES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 15-25 MPH.
AT ABOUT 6 PM IN SANTA CLARA...WIND GUST FROM THUNDERSTORMS KNOCKED
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. THE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 40
MPH.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER THE
STATE...MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE WEST. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
ANYONE OUT OF DOORS THE REST OF THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO
THE SKY AND SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
REMEMBER...LIGH<TNING IS ALWAYS A DANGER. BOATERS SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR THE SUDDEN ONSET OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT COULD
MAKE OPEN WATERS ROUGH.
OMAI 0025 UTCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Salt Lake, Utah | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Tooele | 60 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.