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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 10, 1995Salt Lake County, Utah County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1995, 3:56 PM MDT for Salt Lake County, Utah County, Utah. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 1995, 3:56 PM MDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 1995, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Salt Lake County, UT, Utah County, UT

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 1995-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1995-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-244 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 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 102203 RRA
SVRSLC
UTC049-035-102245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
356 PM MDT THU AUG 10 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL UTAH

   ...NORTHEASTERN UTAH COUNTY

IN NORTH CENTRAL UTAH

   ...EASTERN AND CENTRAL SALT LAKE COUNTY

AT 400PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTH OF PROVO AND ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST
OF SANDY.  THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  WEST HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS HIGH AS 90 MPH NEAR PROVO.  THESE
STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.  





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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.