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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

May 24, 2000Juab County, Sanpete County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2000, 5:30 PM MDT for Juab County, Sanpete County, Utah. It was in force for 45 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
May 24, 2000, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2000, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Juab County, UT, Sanpete County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2000-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2000-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 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.

346 
WUUS55 KSLC 242334
SVRSLC
UTC023-039-250015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
530 PM MDT WED MAY 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JUAB COUNTY IN UTAH
  NORTHEASTERN SANPETE COUNTY IN UTAH
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEVAN...MORONI...INDIANOLA...MOUNT PLEASANT

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 524 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF MORONI...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  SOUTH OF NEPHI...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  3 MILES NORTH OF MORONI AT 600 PM MDT
  4 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT AT 615 PM MDT

LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE 
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH 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 3953 11202 3941 11186 3949 11126 3984 11157

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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.