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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

June 1, 2002Rich County, Summit County, Utah; Uinta County, Wyoming; Bear Lake County, Idaho

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2002, 4:46 PM MDT for Rich County, Summit County, Utah; Uinta County, Wyoming; Bear Lake County, Idaho. It was in force for 29 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
Jun 1, 2002, 4:46 PM MDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2002, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bear Lake County, ID, Rich County, UT, Summit County, UT, Uinta County, WY

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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
Jun 1, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2002-06-01Temperature 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°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 2002-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
4442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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.

443 
WUUS55 KSLC 012246
SVRSLC
IDC007-UTC033-043-WYC041-012315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICH COUNTY IN UTAH
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RANDOLPH...LAKETOWN
  EASTERN SUMMIT COUNTY IN UTAH
  BEAR LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTPELIER
  UINTA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LYMAN...EVANSTON

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 435 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF WOODRUFF...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF EVANSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WOODRUFF AT 500 PM MDT
  OVER BEAR LAKE AT 450 PM MDT
  OVER LYMAN AT 510 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.

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

LAT...LON 4073 11098 4087 11012 4156 11007 4156 11108
          4244 11108 4249 11159 4166 11138

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 1:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCJuab, Millard, Tooele37 min
Jun 1, 1:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCJuab, Tooele, Utah41 min
Jun 1, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder, Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, Weber47 min
Jun 1, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder, Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, Wasatch and 1 more30 min
Jun 1, 3:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder, Cache, Davis, Duchesne, Morgan, Salt Lake and 3 more38 min
Jun 1, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder, Cache, Duchesne, Morgan, Rich, Summit and 2 more45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Utah, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.