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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 27, 2007Washington County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2007, 3:13 PM MDT for Washington County, Utah. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
Jul 27, 2007, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2007, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 3:18 PM MDTHAIL 112 Nw Goldstrike Mine, UT1 INCH HAIL NEAR BEAVER DAM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 2007-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-257 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2419 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KSLC 272113
SVRSLC
UTC053-272200-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0021.070727T2113Z-070727T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
313 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN UTAH...
  THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF BEAVER DAM...

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 310 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BEAVER DAM...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GOLDSTRIKE BY 330 PM MDT...
  MOTOQUA BY 340 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.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3754 11391 3751 11413 3712 11409 3716 11379

$$

BAS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KSLC 272131
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
331 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2007

UTC053-272200-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070727T2200Z/
WASHINGTON UT-
331 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM
MDT(300 PM PDT) FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 327 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 MOTOQUA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF BEAVER DAM...MOVING
SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 350 PM MDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3754 11391 3751 11413 3712 11409 3716 11379

$$

BAS
000 
WWUS55 KSLC 272200
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
400 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2007

UTC053-272210-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070727T2200Z/
WASHINGTON UT-
400 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 400 PM MDT(300 PM PDT)...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. THEREFORE THE WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3754 11391 3751 11413 3712 11409 3716 11379

$$

BAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCTooele52 min
Jul 26, 8:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCTooele38 min
Jul 26, 9:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCSalt Lake46 min
Jul 26, 10:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCSalt Lake22 min
Jul 27, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington40 min
Jul 27, 4:04 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCWashington116 min
Jul 27, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington51 min
Jul 27, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington51 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.