Alert archive / Utah / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 2005, 8:23 PM MDT for Davis County, Weber County, Utah. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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
- Aug 2, 2005, 8:23 PM MDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2005, 8:52 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Davis County, UT, Weber County, UT
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 8:30 PM MDT | TORNADO 0 | 6 Sw West Point, UT | TORNADO PHOTOGRAPHED OVER ANTELOPE ISLAND AT 830 PM. |
| Aug 2, 8:54 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Point, UT | NUMEROUS HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION BLOWN DOWN |
| Aug 2, 8:54 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 57 | 2 W Syracuse, UT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 603 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KSLC 030223 TORSLC UTC011-057-030300- /O.NEW.KSLC.TO.W.0003.050803T0223Z-050803T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 823 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DAVIS COUNTY IN UTAH THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SUNSET...LAYTON SOUTH CENTRAL WEBER COUNTY IN UTAH * UNTIL 900 PM MDT * AT 819 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYRACUSE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUNSET... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ANTELOPE ISLAND BY 835 PM MDT SYRACUSE BY 845 PM MDT CLEARFIELD...SUNSET...CLINTON AND ROY BY 850 PM MDT SOUTH WEBER AND RIVERDALE BY 855 PM MDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4099 11243 4083 11231 4103 11185 4124 11209 $$ BAS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS55 KSLC 030252 SVSSLC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 851 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005 UTC011-057-030301- /O.CAN.KSLC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050803T0300Z/ DAVIS UT-WEBER UT- 851 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WEBER AND DAVIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER INDICATED THE ROTATION IN A THUNDERSTORM IN DAVIS AND SOUTHERN WEBER COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED. THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. LAT...LON 4099 11243 4083 11231 4103 11185 4124 11209 $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 7:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Morgan, Summit | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 7:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Davis, Morgan, Salt Lake | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Morgan, Rich, Summit | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 8:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Davis, Morgan, Weber | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Washington | 31 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.