Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Jun 1, 2002, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 2002, 4:45 PM MDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bear Lake County, ID, Franklin County, ID, Box Elder County, UT, Cache County, UT, Duchesne County, UT, Morgan County, UT, Rich County, UT, Summit County, UT, Wasatch County, UT, Weber County, UT, Uinta County, WY

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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IDC007-041-UTC003-005-013-029-033-043-051-057-WYC041-012245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
359 PM MDT SAT JUN 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BOX ELDER COUNTY IN UTAH
  CACHE COUNTY IN UTAH
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOGAN
  DUCHESNE COUNTY IN UTAH
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DUCHESNE
  NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN UTAH
  RICH COUNTY IN UTAH
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RANDOLPH...LAKETOWN
  SUMMIT COUNTY IN UTAH
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COALVILLE
  NORTHEASTERN WASATCH COUNTY IN UTAH
  EASTERN WEBER COUNTY IN UTAH
  SOUTHERN BEAR LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTPELIER
  SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
  UINTA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LYMAN...EVANSTON

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 348 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES WEST OF CLARKSTON TO 13
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUCHESNE...OR FROM 17 MILES SOUTH OF MALAD TO 13
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUCHESNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  OVER LEWISTON...FRANKLIN AT 405 PM MDT
  OVER EVANSTON...WOODRUFF...LAKETOWN...GARDEN CITY AT 420 PM MDT
  OVER RANDOLPH AT 425 PM MDT
  OVER ST. CHARLES AT 430 PM MDT
  OVER ROBERTSON...LONETREE AT 440 PM MDT

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.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60-80 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO AND UTAH.

LAT...LON 4193 11219 4088 11145 3986 11002 4154 11009
          4157 11107 4243 11109

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 1, 3:50 PM MDT, 10 minutes earlier.

UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
250 PM MST SAT JUN 1 2002

.SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE ARE EARLY THIS EVENING.  A SECONDARY SYSTEM WILL FOLLOW TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY PUSHING A COLD FRONT TO CENTRAL UTAH BY LATE IN THE DAY.

.DISCUSSION...BUSY WITH LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING STRONG
WINDS INTO THE URBAN AREA SO THIS WILL BE SHORT.  VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE
WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING TAKING THE BAND OF
POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER WITH IT.  COLD FRONT WITH NEXT SHORTWAVE
PUSHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS SHORTLY AFTER AND SHOULD STALL
NEAR A LINE FROM THE UINTA BASIN TO WEST CENTRAL UT BY LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.  THAT KEEPS VERY UNSETTLED SHOWERY WEATHER OVER THE
NORTHERN SECTIONS WHILE THE SOUTH SHOULD REMAIN DRY.  THE FRONT IS
FORECAST TO PUSH A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH MONDAY AS ANOTHER WAVE GOES
PAST. THAT SHOULD ALSO ALLOW THE SHOWERS TO SPREAD FURTHER SOUTH.
TAIL END OF THE LAST OF THIS FIRST SERIES OF SHORTWAVES GOES PAST
TUESDAY AND MAY KEEP THE NORTH A LITTLE UNSETTLED UNTIL IT IS PAST.
THEN RIDGING TAKES OVER WITH HEIGHTS RISING QUITE RAPIDLY.  SO
WARMING WEDNESDAY THEN STRONGER WARMING ON THURSDAY.  ANOTHER WEAK
WAVE BRUSHES THE NORTH FRIDAY TO HOLD TEMPERATURES IN CHECK THERE
FOR A DAY BUT OTHERWISE VERY WARM HIGHS PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND.

SLC 5556 CDC -133 SANDERS

.SLC...RED FLAG WARNING CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH UNTIL 04Z.

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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.