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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

September 6, 1997Box Elder County, Cache County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1997, 10:19 PM MDT for Box Elder County, Cache County, Utah. It was in force for 61 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
Sep 6, 1997, 10:19 PM MDT (04:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1997, 11:20 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Box Elder County, UT, Cache County, UT

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 6, 10:40 PM MDTHail 1Paradise, UT

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 1997-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 755 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1997-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSLC 070421 RRA
SVRSLC
UTC003-005-070520-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1019 PM MDT SAT SEP 6 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY UT IS CONTINUING 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1120 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWESTERN UTAH

   ...EASTERN BOX ELDER COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN CACHE COUNTY
 
AT 1013 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
RADAR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRIGHAM CITY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
BRIGHAM CITY           AT AROUND 1025 PM MDT
WELLSVILLE             AT AROUND 1025 PM MDT
MANTUA                 AT AROUND 1035 PM MDT

THIS IS A LARGE THUNDERSTORM. IT WILL AFFECT A BROAD AREA FROM
HONEYVILLE TO BRIGHAM CITY AND EASTWARD FOR THE NEXT 45 MINUTES TO
AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING...BUT STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder60 min
Sep 6, 8:50 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCGarfield, Kane55 min
Sep 6, 9:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder58 min
Sep 6, 9:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCKane2 hr
Sep 7, 2:54 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCUtah41 min
Sep 7, 5:58 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder, Weber47 min
Sep 7, 7:05 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Morgan30 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.