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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

September 10, 1998Garfield County, Kane County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1998, 1:05 PM MDT for Garfield County, Kane County, Utah. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 1998, 1:05 PM MDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 1998, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Garfield County, UT, Kane County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 260 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 1998-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 1998-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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.

871 
WUUS1 KSLC 101910 RRA
SVRSLC
UTC017-025-053-102000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
105 PM MDT THU SEP 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
     SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN UTAH
     SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN UTAH
     WESTERN KANE COUNTY IN UTAH
     INCLUDING KANAB

   * UNTIL 200 PM MDT

   * AT 1257 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
     SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ZION NP...OR ABOUT 24
     MILES NORTHWEST OF KANAB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES 
     PER HOUR.  A SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES    
     SOUTH OF ZION NATIONAL PARK OR 25 MILES WEST OF KANAB.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN SALT LAKE CITY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 6:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder, Davis, Tooele60 min
Sep 10, 1:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington55 min
Sep 10, 2:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield, Piute60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.