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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 3, 1995Juab County, Utah County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 11:04 AM MDT for Juab County, Utah County, Utah. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 11:04 AM MDT (17:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 12:00 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Juab County, UT, Utah County, UT

The nearest sounding before it

Ely/Yelland Fld, NV (KELY), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Ely/Yelland Fld, NV at 12:00Z on 1995-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Ely/Yelland Fld, NV at 12:00Z on 1995-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 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 
WUUS1 KSLC 031711 RRA
SVRSLC
UTC049-023-031800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1104 AM MDT MON JUL 3 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL UTAH

   ...SOUTHWESTERN UTAH COUNTY

IN WEST CENTRAL UTAH

   ...NORTHEASTERN JUAB COUNTY

AT 11 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM IN EXTREME
EASTERN TOOELE COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH AND WILL EFFECT SOUTHWEST UTAH AND NORTHEAST JUAB COUNTY WITIN
THE NEXT HOUR.  TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE EUREKA...DIVIDEND
...ELBERTA AND NEPHI. 

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER 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.

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, Jul 3, 7:35 AM MDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
UTZ057-011-031430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
735 AM MDT MON JUL 03 1995

    ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHCENTRAL WEBER COUNTY AND
NORTHEAST DAVIS COUNTIES...

AT 730 AM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHCENTRAL WEBER
COUNTY AND NORTHEAST DAVIS COUNTIES.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.  DURING THE NEXT HOUR IT WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF MOUNTAIN GREEN...
PETERSON...AND STODDARD.

SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

ERC...1336Z
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:40 AM MDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
UTZ057-011-031430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
735 AM MDT MON JUL 03 1995

    ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHCENTRAL WEBER COUNTY AND
NORTHEAST DAVIS COUNTIES...

AT 730 AM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHCENTRAL WEBER
COUNTY AND NORTHEAST DAVIS COUNTIES.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.  DURING THE NEXT HOUR IT WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF MOUNTAIN GREEN...
PETERSON...AND STODDARD.

SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

ERdC...1336Z
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 8:33 AM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
UTZ029-043-031530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
833 AM MDT MON JUL 03 1995

    ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MORGAN COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST...

AT 830 AM SPOTTER REPORTS AND SALT LAKE CITY DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE
TO INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MORGAN COUNTY.  BRIEF BUT VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM AS WELL AS HAIL NEAR
ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.  DURING THE
NEXT HOUR IT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SUMMIT COUNTY AFFECTING THE TOWNS
OF HENEFER...COALVILLE...OAKLEY...AND PEOA.  RECREATIONALISTS IN THE
VICINITY OF ECHO CANYON AND ROCKPORT RESERVOIRS WILL ALSO BE
AFFECTED.   OUTDOOR TRAVELLERS... ESPECIALLY CAMPERS AND THOSE ALONG
STREAMS FISHING...SHOULD MONITOR SMALL STREAMS AS HEAVY RAINFALL MAY
CAUSE RAPID RISES IN STREAM FLOWS.

SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL
ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

DAB...1433Z
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 8:35 AM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
UTZ029-043-031530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
833 AM MDT MON JUL 03 1995

    ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MORGAN COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST...

AT 830 AM SPOTTER REPORTS AND SALT LAKE CITY DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE
TO INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MORGAN COUNTY.  BRIEF BUT VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM AS WELL AS HAIL NEAR
ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.  DURING THE
NEXT HOUR IT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SUMMIT COUNTY AFFECTING THE TOWNS
OF HENEFER...COALVILLE...OAKLEY...AND PEOA.  RECREATIONALISTS IN THE
VICINITY OF ECHO CANYON AND ROCKPORT RESERVOIRS WILL ALSO BE
AFFECTED.   OUTDOOR TRAVELLERS... ESPECIALLY CAMPERS AND THOSE ALONG
STREAMS FISHING...SHOULD MONITOR SMALL STREAMS AS HEAVY RAINFALL MAY
CAUSE RAPID RISES IN STREAM FLOWS.

SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL
ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

DAB...1433Z

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.