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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

June 10, 1997Weber County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1997, 6:16 PM MDT for Weber County, Utah. It was in force for 29 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
Jun 10, 1997, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1997, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties

County Weber County, UT

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 6:30 PM MDTHail 1Harrisville, UTA final severe thunderstorm moved through Weber County late in the afternoon. 1" diameter hail was measured in Harrisville and 3/4" diameter hail fell in North Ogden.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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 1997-06-11Temperature 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 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 1997-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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 110017 RRA
SVRSLC
UTC057-110045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
616 PM MDT TUE JUN 10 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY UT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN UTAH

   ...NORTHERN WEBER COUNTY
 
AT 612 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
RADAR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF OGDEN OR JUST WEST OF PLAIN CITY MOVING
TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
FARR WEST              AT AROUND 615 PM MDT
PLEASANT VIEW          AT AROUND 615 PM MDT
OGDEN                  AT AROUND 615 PM MDT
NORTH OGDEN            AT AROUND 620 PM MDT
LIBERTY                AT AROUND 635 PM MDT
 
THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.  TAKE COVER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

A SEVERE THRUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
NORTHERN UTAH UNTIL 800 PM.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWeber29 min
Jun 11, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder32 min
Jun 11, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder33 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.