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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

September 8, 2000Piute County, Wayne County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2000, 1:57 PM MDT for Piute County, Wayne County, Utah. It was in force for 48 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 8, 2000, 1:57 PM MDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2000, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Piute County, UT, Wayne County, UT

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 274 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 12:00Z on 2000-09-08Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2000-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 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 
WUUS55 KSLC 081958
SVRSLC
UTC031-055-082045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
157 PM MDT FRI SEP 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PIUTE COUNTY IN UTAH
  WEST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN UTAH
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOA

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT

* AT 149 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  EAST OF JUNCTION...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF LOA AT 235 PM MDT
  OVER BICKNELL AT 240 PM MDT

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TORREY AND TEASDALE

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.

LAT...LON 3829 11213 3817 11202 3827 11126 3846 11140

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 12:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBeaver, Piute52 min
Sep 8, 1:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield36 min
Sep 8, 1:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield33 min
Sep 8, 2:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCKane42 min
Sep 8, 2:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield38 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.