Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Aug 8, 2003, 4:53 PM MDT (22:53 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 2003, 5:15 PM MDT

In force

22 min

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, UT

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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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
452 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN UTAH
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HANKSVILLE

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 444 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF HANKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
OVER RURAL CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY AT 510 PM MDT

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 3840 11083 3819 11079 3821 11034 3850 11044

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 8, 3:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
347 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2003

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN UTAH WILL GRADUALLY
SPREAD OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TODAY AND SATURDAY.

.DISCUSSION...STARTING TO SEE SOME HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING CELLS IN
CENTRAL UTAH. ISSUED A FLS FOR NORTHWEST GARFIELD COUNTY WHERE
STORMS HAVE BEEN TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREA FOR A FEW HOURS.
WORKING ON A FFW FOR GULCHES SOUTH OF CAINEVILLE.

RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS OVER UTAH THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHICH PUSHES THE JET
AND STRONGER MID LEVEL FLOW AWAY FROM THE AREA. THE RIDGE WILL BE
MOIST WITH DAILY CONVECTION AND A MODERATE HAZARD OF FLASH FLOODING
IN THE SOUTHERN AREAS.

SLC 1111  CDC 1111 GIBSON

.SLC...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 500 PM FOR NORTHWEST
GARFIELD COUNTY.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
350 PM MDT FRI AUG  8 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF
UTAH...EXTREME SOUTHEAST IDAHO AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING

.DAY ONE... TODAY

THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN UTAH ARE PRODUCING LOCAL HEAVY RAIN.
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF FLASH FLOOD THOUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLASH FLOODING...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN UTAH.

WCJIN-WYSW

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Utah, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.