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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

September 8, 2002Kane County, San Juan County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2002, 3:51 PM MDT for Kane County, San Juan County, Utah. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2002, 3:51 PM MDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2002, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kane County, UT, San Juan County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 8, 1:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 2002-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2002-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

681 
WUUS55 KSLC 082151
SVRSLC
UTC025-037-082230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
350 PM MDT SUN SEP 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE 

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

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 339 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 22
  MILES NORTHEAST OF PAGE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING ALONG LAKE POWELL.  IT IS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL.  BOATERS 
BETWEEN ABOUT ROCK CREEK BAY AND ANASAZI CANYON SHOULD SEEK 
SHELTERED AREAS IMMEDIATELY.

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 3718 11122 3700 11117 3705 11076 3727 11082

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 5:00 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Salt Lake, Tooele40 min
Sep 8, 6:07 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Morgan, Weber28 min
Sep 8, 1:58 PM MDTTornado WarningSLCSanpete32 min
Sep 8, 2:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCKane, San Juan26 min
Sep 8, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCKane, San Juan45 min
Sep 8, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCEmery23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.