Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Aug 28, 2000, 4:55 PM MDT (22:55 UTC)

Expired

Aug 28, 2000, 6:00 PM MDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kane County, UT, San Juan County, UT

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS55 KSLC 282259
SVRSLC
UTC025-037-290000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
455 PM MDT MON AUG 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN UTAH
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN UTAH

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 455 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SAN JUAN COUNTY ARM OF LAKE POWELL...OR 
ABOUT 34 MILES EAST OF PAGE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH TOWARDS 
HOLE IN THE ROCK.

LARGE HAIL AND INTENSE LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM. BOATERS ALONG THIS AREA OF LAKE POWELL SHOULD TAKE 
SHELTER FROM THIS STORM.  MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE...STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN 
EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE 
THE THUNDERSTORM STRIKES.

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 3703 11093 3712 11075 3736 11087 3724 11121

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 28, 3:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UTAH
335 PM MDT MON AUG 28 2000

SYNOPSIS...MONSOONAL MOISTURE COVERS THE MAJORITY OF SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN UTAH AND WILL BE STATEWIDE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

DISCUSSION...TSTRMS FIRING AS EXPECTED IN MAINLY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
UTAH WITH SOME OF THE UINTAS.  MESO ETA (MODEL OF CHOICE) CONTINUES
TO FORECAST JUICY PRECIPITABLE WATER NUMBERS...ZERO TO NEGATIVE LIS
AND MODERATE CAPE NUMBERS. THIS ALL POINTS TO AN ACTIVE EVE TONIGHT
AND ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY STATEWIDE ON TUESDAY.

LIGHT FLOW THROUGH THIS EVENING INCREASES SOME ON TUESDAY DUE TO A
PORTION OF THE CA LOW ROTATING INTO THE GREAT BASIN BUT THIS ALSO
ACTS IN BRING LOTS OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE NORTH.  EVEN THOUGH TUESDAY
WILL BE ACTIVE...HAVE INDICATED JUST HIGH ON THE FFP AND BACKED OFF
TO MODERATE IN THE SOUTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY AS THE SOUTHERLY FLOW
INCREASES (TUESDAY) AND DRIES SOME BY WEDNESDAY.

HAVE BASED THE EXTENDED ON THE MRF IDEAS WITH A COLD FRONT PUSHING
INTO UTAH ON SATURDAY BRING A TOUCH OF FALL.  IF THE ASSOCIATED
TROUGH BRINGS ITS OWN MOISTURE...WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE SNOW ON THE
HIGHER PEAKS OF THE WASATCH AND UINTA MOUNTAINS LATER SAT AND SUN.
THE EC IS SOMEWHAT SLOWER AND WOULD DELAYING THE COOLER UNTIL
SOMETIME SUN.

SLC 1356 CDC 6665  ALDER

.SLC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH...EXCEPT FAR
EAST UNTIL 1000 PM.

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

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.