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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Grand Junction, CO

July 19, 2011Uintah County, Utah

NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2011, 3:00 PM MDT for Uintah County, Utah. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2011, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2011, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Junction, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Uintah County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

041 
WUUS55 KGJT 192100
SVRGJT
UTC047-192145-
/O.NEW.KGJT.SV.W.0021.110719T2100Z-110719T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
300 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL UINTAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST UTAH...

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 256 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF MYTON...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RANDLETT...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
  UINTAH COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3995 10941 3991 10998 4013 10999 4023 10948
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 259DEG 19KT 4003 10992
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
382 
WWUS55 KGJT 192122
SVSGJT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
322 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011

UTC047-192145-
/O.CON.KGJT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110719T2145Z/
UINTAH UT-
322 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL UINTAH
COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT...

AT 316 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
SOUTH OF RANDLETT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEAR UTAH STATE HIGHWAY 88 NEAR AROUND 335 PM MDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3993 10997 4012 10998 4023 10948 3995 10941
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 261DEG 21KT 4005 10977
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Junction, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGJTGrand48 min
Jul 18, 9:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTUintah48 min
Jul 18, 11:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTUintah3 hr
Jul 19, 12:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTSan Juan3 hr
Jul 19, 1:11 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGJTSan Juan3 hr
Jul 19, 2:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGJTUintah3 hr
Jul 19, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTUintah45 min
Jul 19, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGJTUintah35 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.