Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
214 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008

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GARFIELD UT-
214 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY...

AT 212 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 32
MILES SOUTH OF HANKSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 16 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3799 11064 3772 11076 3792 11114 3808 11104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 296DEG 14KT 3793 11092

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
225 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008

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GARFIELD UT-
225 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 230 PM MDT...

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

LAT...LON 3799 11064 3772 11076 3792 11114 3808 11104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 296DEG 14KT 3791 11087

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1020 AM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008

.SYNOPSIS...WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING DRIER AIR TO THE REGION
TODAY THAT WILL LINGER THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK. MOISTURE
WILL BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE SOUTH AROUND MID WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...MAINLY CLEAR CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE CWA
THIS MORNING. SOME MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY CLOUDINESS WAS NOTED NEAR
THE SALT LAKE CITY AREA THIS MORNING...INDICATED THERE IS REMNANT
INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION.

THE LAST PIECE OF A PACIFIC TROUGH THAT HAS BEEN MOVING ACROSS THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DEEP
MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE DECREASE ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH AS THE DAY
WEARS ON. EXPECT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
NORTHERN UTAH. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

ACROSS THE SOUTH...MOISTURE CONTINUES TO DECREASE AS DOES
INSTABILITY. WITH THE TROUGH SO FAR TO THE NORTH...INITIATION OF
CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE TIED TO TERRAIN TODAY...AT LEAST
INITIALLY. EXPECT A MINIMAL FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS THE SOUTH TODAY.

EVEN DRIER CONDITIONS MOVE INTO THE REGION TOMORROW AND REMAIN
INTO AT LEAST MIDWEEK ACROSS MUCH OF UTAH. WILL WAIT FOR THE 12Z
GLOBAL MODEL SUITE BEFORE ADJUSTING LONG TERM GRIDS.

&&

.AVIATION...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTHEASTERLY AT THE SLC
TERMINAL UNTIL THE LAKE BREEZE SHIFTS WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST
BETWEEN 19-21Z. THERE IS A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
THE TERMINAL IN THE AFTERNOON THAT COULD RESULT IN GUSTY...ERRATIC
WINDS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...DEEP SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BE SHUNTED EAST OF
UTAH FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS A WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW TAKES OVER.
ISOLATED STORMS WILL STILL DEVELOP BUT WITH MUCH LESS LIGHTNING
COVERAGE AND RAINFALL AS WAS OBSERVED LAST WEEK. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL BE TRENDING DOWN WITH HAINES INDEX TRENDING UP.

&&

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

&&

PUBLIC...KRUSE
FIRE WEATHER...GIBSON
AVIATION...HOSENFELD

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