Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Aug 21, 2001, 9:13 PM MDT (03:13 UTC)

Expired

Aug 21, 2001, 9:45 PM MDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Kane County, UT

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS55 KSLC 220314
SVRSLC
UTC025-220345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
913 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KANE COUNTY IN UTAH

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT

* AT 906 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF MT CARMEL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  WEST OF KANAB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MT CARMEL AT 930 PM MDT
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORDERVILLE AT 940 PM MDT

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE 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.

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 3712 11286 3700 11270 3705 11256 3723 11249
          3734 11278

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 21, 4:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
430 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2001

SYNOPSIS...ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE DRYING SOMEWHAT
TODAY...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE REMAINING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA...WITH THE
APPROACH OF A SHORT WAVE TROUGH. DRYING WILL CONTINUE FROM THE WEST
ON WEDNESDAY.

DISCUSSION...MODELS INDICATE DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST TODAY.  HOWEVER...A SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
INTO EASTERN NEVADA BY THIS AFTERNOON PROVIDING DYNAMICS OVER
MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE GREATEST INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NORTH ASSOCIATED WITH THE 300 MB JET. THUNDERSTORMS COULD GET
QUITE STRONG AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. I
TRIED TO INDICATE THIS POSSIBILITY WITH A MENTION OF STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST TODAY. THE
ATMOSPHERE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRY FROM THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY...BUT
THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE OVER THE EAST FOR LOW CHANCES OF
THUNDERSTORMS.

IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...DRY CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST AS THE HIGH
REMAINS FAR TO THE SOUTH AND WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN NEAR NORMAL AS THE MAIN TROUGH OVER THE
NORTHWEST KEEPS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FROM DEVELOPING THROUGH
FRIDAY.  BY SATURDAY RIDGING RETURNS TO THE WEST AND HEIGHTS AND
TEMPERATURES ALOFT BEGIN TO RISE.  HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY.

SLC 3311 CDC 321- TORONTO

.SLC...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Utah, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.