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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

June 23, 2000Kane County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 3:26 PM MDT for Kane County, Utah. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2000, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2000, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Kane County, UT

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 2000-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2000-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 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.

636 
WUUS55 KSLC 232128
SVRSLC
UTC025-232200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
326 PM MDT FRI JUN 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN UTAH

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 318 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  ORDERVILLE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANAB...MOVING WEST AT
  8 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND 
MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN 
WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

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.

LAT...LON 3719 11253 3736 11260 3731 11287 3711 11277

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCKane, Washington29 min
Jun 23, 5:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCIron65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Utah, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.