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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

December 5, 1995Weber County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 5, 1995, 8:33 PM MST for Weber County, Utah. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 5, 1995, 8:33 PM MST (03:33 UTC)
Expired
Dec 5, 1995, 9:15 PM MST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties

County Weber County, UT

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 5, 8:45 PM MSTTornado F0Pleasant View, UTAs a cold front pushed through northern Utah, a tornado is thought to have moved through Pleasant View. Witnesses described a freight train sound, and the damage was in a hit or miss fashion. Damage included a 12 to 18-inch diameter tree that was snapped (n

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 1995-12-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 1995-12-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 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 060339
SVRSLC
UTC029-043-057-060415-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
833 PM MST TUE DEC 5 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTH CENTRAL UTAH

   ...MORGAN COUNTY...NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY
   ...EASTERN WEBER COUNTY

DOPPLER RADAR HAS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING FROM WEBER
COUNTY INTO MORGAN COUNTY.  THIS STORM WILL THEN MOVE INTO NORTHERN
SUMMIT COUNTY.  DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
BELOW 6000 FEET...AND BRIEF HEAVY BLOWING SNOWS ABOVE 6000 FEET WITH
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. 

DRIVING ALONG MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL BE DANGEROUS IN THIS STORM.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 5, 8:33 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCMorgan, Summit42 min
Dec 5, 9:13 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCSalt Lake, Summit, Wasatch47 min
Dec 5, 9:13 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCUtah47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.