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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

September 5, 1995Juab County, Millard County, Sanpete County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 1995, 7:17 PM MDT for Juab County, Millard County, Sanpete County, Utah. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 1995, 7:17 PM MDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 1995, 7:50 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Juab County, UT, Millard County, UT, Sanpete County, UT

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 00:00Z on 1995-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 491 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 00:00Z on 1995-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2300 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSLC 060123 RRA
SVRSLC
UTC039-023-027-060150-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
717 PM MDT TUE SEP 5 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  750 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL UTAH

   ...WESTERN SAN PETE COUNTY

IN WEST CENTRAL UTAH

   ...SOUTHEASTERN JUAB COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN MILLARD COUNTY

SALT LAKE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
7 MILES WEST OF SCIPIO /SAN PETE COUNTY/.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND AROUND SCIPIO...MILLS...SEVIER BRIDGE RESERVOIR AND
TRAVELERS OF I-15 CAN EXPECT LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS STORM.

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 TIN 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, Sep 5, 7:15 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
UTZ006-007-011-060200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
715 PM MDT MON SEP 4 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM EASTERN MILLARD COUNTY...

AT 700 PM SALT LAKE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER EASTERN MILLARD COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS PASSING NEAR THE TOWNS OF
GREENWOOD AND HOLDEN NEAR I-15.  MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS TO THE
EAST BETWEEN 20-25 MPH.

THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO REMOTE AREAS OF THE FISH LAKE NATIONAL
FOREST SOUTH OF SCIPIO.  SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM OVER THE NEXT 30-45 MINUTES.
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA.

MCC...0115Z

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.