Alert archive / Utah / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2005, 2:30 PM MDT for Salt Lake County, Utah County, Utah. It was in force for 45 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2005, 2:30 PM MDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2005, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Salt Lake County, UT, Utah County, UT
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:45 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Murray, UT | LARGE TREE DOWN ON HOUSE AT 6400 SOUTH 600 EAST. CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE. |
| Jun 28, 2:45 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sandy, UT | 6 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN IN SANDY. |
| Jun 28, 2:45 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Sandy, UT | 60 TO 65 MPH GUST REPORTED IN SANDY BY NWS EMPLOYEE. LARGE TREES BOWING OVER. |
| Jun 28, 2:48 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Cottonwood Heights, UT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 12:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 30 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KSLC 282030 SVRSLC UTC035-049-282115- /O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0049.050628T2030Z-050628T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 230 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SALT LAKE COUNTY IN UTAH THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST VALLEY CITY...SANDY...MURRAY... COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS NORTHWESTERN UTAH COUNTY IN UTAH * UNTIL 315 PM MDT * AT 220 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HERRIMAN TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEHI...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOOELE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOOELE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... KEARNS...WEST VALLEY CITY...WEST JORDAN AND RIVERTON BY 235 PM MDT LEHI AND DRAPER BY 240 PM MDT MIDVALE...MURRAY...SANDY AND AMERICAN FORK BY 245 PM MDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4064 11218 4023 11212 4026 11158 4080 11166 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS55 KSLC 282103 SVSSLC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 302 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 UTC035-049-282115- /O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050628T2115Z/ UTAH UT-SALT LAKE UT- 302 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR SALT LAKE AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH COUNTIES... AT 255 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS TO OREM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS TO 10 MILES NORTH OF PROVO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WERE REPORTED IN SANDY WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN UTAH. LAT...LON 4064 11218 4023 11212 4026 11158 4080 11166 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 1:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Juab, Sanpete, Utah | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Morgan, Salt Lake, Summit, Utah, Wasatch | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Morgan, Summit | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.