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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 27, 2004Iron County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2004, 2:44 PM MDT for Iron County, Utah. It was in force for 31 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
Jul 27, 2004, 2:44 PM MDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2004, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Iron County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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
Jul 27, 1:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 2004-07-27Temperature 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, Mercury/Desert R, NV at 12:00Z on 2004-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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.

000 
WUUS55 KSLC 272044
SVRSLC
UTC021-272115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
243 PM MDT TUE JUL 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN IRON COUNTY IN UTAH

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 239 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF LUND TO
  MODENA...OR FROM 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILFORD TO 49 MILES WEST OF
  CEDAR CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS CONTAIN LARGE HAIL
  AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  OVER MODENA AT 250 PM MDT
  OVER BERYL AT 305 PM MDT
  OVER LUND AT 310 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 600 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR UTAH.

LAT...LON 3811 11377 3779 11416 3763 11377 3802 11308

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCWashington2 hr
Jul 26, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCUtah28 min
Jul 27, 1:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCKane29 min
Jul 27, 1:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCKane, San Juan48 min
Jul 27, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCKane, San Juan41 min
Jul 27, 3:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCIron58 min
Jul 27, 4:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCGarfield115 min
Jul 27, 4:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCKane109 min
Jul 27, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington32 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.