Alert archive / Utah / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 6:12 PM MDT for Box Elder County, Cache County, Utah. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1995, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1995, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Box Elder County, UT, Cache County, UT
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 815 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSLC 060016 RRA SVRSLC UTC003-005-060115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 612 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL UTAH ...CACHE COUNTY ...EASTERN BOX ELDER THE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IS SHOWING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN BOX ELDER COUNTY MOVING INTO WESTERN CACHE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CACHE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR UNTIL ABOUT 700 PM. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND TREES IN THIS AREA FROM THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRO<NG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 5, 12:40 PM MDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
UTZALL-060700-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1240 PM MDT MON JUN 05 1995
...ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHING UTAH...
A VERY COLD WEATHER SYSTEM AT 1230 PM EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL IDAHO TO
CENTRAL NEVADA. IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS
WERE BLOWING IN THE WESTERN VALLEYS. WINDS OF 15-25 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT MAINLY IN
NORTHERN UTAH. SINCE THE LOWEST LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE DRY THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE MICROBURST WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE WINDS EXPECTED TO GUST AS HIGH
AS 40-50 MPH WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
BEHIND THE FRONT ON TUESDAY...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. IN THE AGRICULTURAL AREAS ON WEDNESDAY
TEMPERATURES COULD VERY WELL REACH CRITICAL LEVELS IN NORTHERN UTAH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. TAKE COVER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS SYSTEM.
OMAI 05/1840ZSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 12:45 PM MDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
UTZALL-060700-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1240 PM MDT MON JUN 05 1995
...ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHING UTAH...
A VERY COLD WEATHER SYSTEM AT 1230 PM EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL IDAHO TO
CENTRAL NEVADA. IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS
WERE BLOWING IN THE WESTERN VALLEYS. WINDS OF 15-25 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT MAINLY IN
NORTHERN UTAH. SINCE THE LOWEST LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE DRY THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE MICROBURST WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE WINDS EXPECTED TO GUST AS HIGH
AS 40-50 MPH WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
BEHIND THE FRONT ON TUESDAY...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. IN THE AGRICULTURAL AREAS ON WEDNESDAY
TEMPERATURES COULD VERY WELL REACH CRITICAL LEVELS IN NORTHERN UTAH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. TAKE COVER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS SYSTEM.
OMAI 05/1840ZSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 3:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
UTZALL-060300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
315 PM MDT MON JUN 05 1995
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST UTAH UNTIL 900 PM
TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST UTAH VALID UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. THE
WATCH AREA IS 80 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF
DUGWAY TO 90 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF JACKSON WYOMING AND INCLUDES
ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN UTAH...
BOX ELDER CACHE RICH
TOOELE DAVIS WEBER
MORGAN SALT LAKE UTAH
WASATCH SUMMIT
ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE ALL THE MAJOR CITIES ALONG THE
WASATCH FRONT...SALT LAKE CITY, OGDEN, PROVO, BRIGHAM CITY, LOGAN,
AND TOOELE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WITH
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THESE AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING.
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS BEARING DOWN ON UTAH THIS AFTERNOON. AS OF
300 PM...THE FRONT WAS JUST BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE STATE. THE FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY SHIFTING WINDS AS IT PUSHES INTO THE WASATCH
FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL
CROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF UTAH LATER TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO
EASTERN UTAH AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE FRONT IN THOSE
AREAS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG.
THIS FRONT MARKS THE LEADING EDGE OF A VERY COLD AIRMASS FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR THAT WILL LINGER OVER UTAH THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF
THE WEEK. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF CRITICAL TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN UTAH
AGRICULTURAL AREAS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. TAKE COVER WHEN
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
UPDATES ON THIS STORM.
PJW...2117ZSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 3:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
UTZALL-060300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
315 PM MDT MON JUN 05 1995
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST UTAH UNTIL 900 PM
TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST UTAH VALID UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING. THE
WATCH AREA IS 80 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF
DUGWAY TO 90 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF JACKSON WYOMING AND INCLUDES
ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN UTAH...
BOX ELDER CACHE RICH
TOOELE DAVIS WEBER
MORGAN SALT LAKE UTAH
WASATCH SUMMIT
ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE ALL THE MAJOR CITIES ALONG THE
WASATCH FRONT...SALT LAKE CITY, OGDEN, PROVO, BRIGHAM CITY, LOGAN,
AND TOOELE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WITH
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THESE AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING.
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS BEARING DOWN ON UTAH THIS AFTERNOON. AS OF
300 PM...THE FRONT WAS JUST BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE STATE. THE FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY SHIFTING WINDS AS IT PUSHES INTO THE WASATCH
FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL
CROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF UTAH LATER TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO
EASTERN UTAH AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE FRONT IN THOSE
AREAS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG.
THIS FRONT MARKS THE LEADING EDGE OF A VERY COLD AIRMASS FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR THAT WILL LINGER OVER UTAH THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF
THE WEEK. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF CRITICAL TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN UTAH
AGRICULTURAL AREAS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.. TAKE COVER WHEN
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
UPDATES ON THIS STORM.
PJW...2117ZNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Utah, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.