Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

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WWUS55 KSLC 021958
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
157 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005

UTC021-053-022030-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-050802T2030Z/
IRON UT-WASHINGTON UT-
157 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL IRON COUNTIES...

AT 155 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NEW HARMONY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KANARRAVILLE BY 230 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 3752 11336 3741 11334 3746 11313 3759 11310
      3758 11318

$$

SMITH

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WWUS55 KSLC 022030
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
229 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005

UTC021-053-022039-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-050802T2030Z/
IRON UT-WASHINGTON UT-
229 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND
SOUTH CENTRAL IRON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 230 PM MDT...

THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHCENTRAL IRON COUNTY AND NORTHCENTRAL 
WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAVE WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE 
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3752 11336 3741 11334 3746 11313 3759 11310
      3758 11318

$$

SMITH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1020 AM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005

.SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER UTAH WILL REMAIN OVER
UTAH THROUGH MIDWEEK. A DRYING TREND WILL FOLLOW FOR LATE IN THE
WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL PLUME OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE IN
PLACE ACROSS REGION THIS MORNING...WITH BOTH OBSERVED AND GOES
DERIVED PW VALUES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH...AND SURFACE DEW POINTS
GENERALLY IN THE 50S ACROSS UT/SOUTHWEST WY. TWO CLUSTERS OF
CONVECTION CURRENTLY ONGOING...THE FIRST ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK
SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO WY HAS SHOWN A WEAKENING
TREND OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...WHILE FURTHER SOUTH CLUSTER
OVER SOUTHWEST UT HAS REMAINED STRONGER...AND HAS PRODUCED SOME
SMALL HAIL NEAR MODENA IN IRON COUNTY EARLIER.

OTHERWISE MORNING VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES ACROSS MAJORITY OF UT WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR STRONG
HEATING/DESTABILIZATION THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY...FORCING AND
DEEP LAYER SHEAR FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY ALONG PACIFIC COAST
TRANSLATES EASTWARD ACROSS NV...AND 40-50KT 250MB JET PROGGED TO
DEVELOP ON DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF THIS TROUGH ACROSS UT. THIS COMBINED
WITH MOISTURE IN PLACE SHOULD YIELD AN ACTIVE CONVECTIVE DAY ACROSS
MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...LINGERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS
UPPER TROUGH AXIS REMAINS TO THE WEST. COMBINATION OF DAYTIME
HEATING AND MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT STRONG UPDRAFTS...AND DEEP LAYER
SHEAR SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION OF MULTICELL
CLUSTERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL IN ADDITION TO
STRONG DOWNDRAFTS. MID LEVEL FLOW SHOULD KEEP STORMS PROPAGATING
FORWARD REDUCING THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING...UNLESS CELLS ARE ABLE
TO BACKBUILD/TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD. IN
THE PROCESS OF UPDATING FORECAST TO BUMP POPS INTO LIKELY CATEGORY
OVER MOUNTAIN...WITH HIGH CHANCE (40-50) POPS IN THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS.

&&

.AVIATION...NONE. SEE SLCTAFSLC.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...NONE.
WY...NONE.

&&

SEAMAN

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
700 AM MDT MON AUG 2 2005

UTZ001>021-WYZ021-031300-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-CASTLE COUNTRY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MOUNTAINS-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-GREAT SALT LAKE
DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE
AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SOUTHWEST UTAH-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WASATCH
MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WASATCH
PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-WESTERN UINTA BASIN-WESTERN
UINTA MOUNTAINS-
700 AM MDT MON AUG 2 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED ACROSS
MUCH OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING TODAY. SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH
MIDWEEK. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING HOURS.

DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR WILL MOVE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTION OF
UTAH LATE IN THE WEEK.  SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF UTAH WILL
REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.