Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

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WWUS55 KSLC 222200
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
400 PM MDT SUN MAY 22 2011

UTC023-045-222230-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110522T2230Z/
JUAB UT-TOOELE UT-
400 PM MDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TOOELE AND WEST CENTRAL JUAB COUNTIES...

AT 400 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 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FISH SPRINGS WILDLIFE REFUGE...OR ABOUT
54 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUGWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FISH SPRINGS WILDLIFE REFUGE

LAT...LON 3963 11359 3984 11383 4008 11347 3977 11313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 235DEG 16KT 3978 11356

$$

CRK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
316 PM MDT SUN MAY 22 2011

.SYNOPSIS...SEVERAL WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
STATE TODAY. THE NEXT PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE
AREA TONIGHT WITH THE CORE OF THIS STORM MOVING ACROSS UTAH
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN ON
WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT THURSDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GIVEN
THE FREEZING HEIGHT...SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD NEAR SEVERE
SIZE HAIL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL UTAH. WITH THE MOIST STORM
ENVIRONMENT...RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR
AT TIMES.

A MORE INVERTED V TYPE ENVIRONMENT IS PRESENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH...WHERE THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORM
INDUCED GUSTY WINDS WILL BE HIGHEST. WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO
MONITOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AS A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE
PRECIPITATION WILL RUNOFF AND MAY CREATE LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ADDED GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO THE ZONES FOR THIS
EVENING TO ENHANCE AWARENESS OF THE THREAT. ALSO UPDATED THE HWO
WITH MORE INFORMATION.

SEVERAL RIVERS ARE NEAR TO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON.
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SOUTH FORK OF THE OGDEN. WILL
LIKELY HAVE TO ISSUE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS LATER TONIGHT INTO
TOMORROW FOR THE BLACKSMITH FORK AND WEBER RIVER BELOW ECHO
RESERVOIR AS THE HYDROLOGIC MODELS CONTINUE TO FORECAST PEAKS WELL
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS WEEK. SEE THE HYDROLOGY DISCUSSION
AND ADDITIONAL HYDROLOGY PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

A LARGE PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO
MUCH OF THE STATE...AND CONTINUE TO SUPPRESS SNOWMELT ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

THE LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO REMAIN INCONSISTENT...WITH THE
12Z EC COMING IN WITH A MUCH WETTER/COOLER SOLUTION THAN THE 00Z.
IT WAS MUCH MORE LIKE THE 12Z GFS...SO TRENDED DAY 6 AND 7 TEMPS
DOWN BELOW NORMAL WITH CLIMO POPS. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...NEXT
PACKAGE WILL NEED TO DECREASE TEMPS AND INCREASE POPS.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN UTAH. ACCELERATED SNOWMELT WILL
CONTINUE TODAY BRINGING AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO VERY HIGH
FLOWS. SEVERAL RIVERS ARE FORECAST TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE INCLUDING
THE BLACKSMITH FORK AS WELL AS THE WEBER BELOW ECHO RESERVOIR.
WARNINGS WILL EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED ON SEVERAL OF THESE RIVERS.

WITH THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS...RIVERS WILL REMAIN HIGH...AND SEVERAL WILL REMAIN ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE INTO MIDWEEK. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT SEVERAL
RIVERS MAY REACH LEVELS EXPERIENCED EARLIER IN THE SPRING.

&&

.AVIATION...LIGHT AND VARIABLE SURFACE WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT
THE SLC TERMINAL THROUGH 23Z...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5-9 KNOTS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH AFTERNOON HEATING. THERE IS
A 40 PERCENT CHANCE THAT THE TERMINAL WILL BE IMPACTED BY
THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 23Z AND 04Z...WITH GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS AND
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING LIKELY WITH ANY CELLS IN THE AREA. MVFR
CONDITIONS IN MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR UTZ001-002-006-007.

WY...NONE.
&&

PUBLIC/HYDROLOGY...KRUSE
AVIATION...SCHOENING

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

FOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY/GENERAL/AFD_FAQS.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
340 PM MDT SUN MAY 22 2011

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-231300-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
340 PM MDT SUN MAY 22 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AREAL
COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THE MAIN THREATS
FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND
HEAVY RAIN.

AREA RIVERS ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE HIGH
FLOWS DUE TO SNOWMELT AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR FUTURE FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
AFFECTED RIVERS.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALL AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE
RUNNING VERY HIGH...FAST AND COLD. PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION NEAR
ANY WATERWAYS THIS WEEKEND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM WILL SETTLE INTO THE GREAT BASIN EARLY THIS
WEEK. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LINGERING SHOWERS LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL MOVE EAST AS HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS
TO UTAH BY LATE WEDNESDAY.

THIS PRECIPITATION WILL HELP TO KEEP HIGH FLOWS ACROSS AREA RIVERS
AND STREAMS. SEVERAL FLOOD PRONE RIVERS ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH MAY
REMAIN AT FLOOD STAGE THROUGH MIDWEEK. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS THROUGH MIDWEEK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO SAG SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
UTAH THURSDAY. THIS FRONT WILL PRODUCE SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS
FAR NORTHERN UTAH...THEN BECOME A DRY FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION
OF THE STATE. SUBSTANTIALLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY...WITH ONLY MODEST DECREASES SOUTH OF THE
FRONT.

DEVELOPING HIGH PRESSURE NEXT WEEKEND MAY BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES
TO THE AREA...WHICH COULD AGAIN ACCELERATE THE SNOWMELT STATEWIDE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)