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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 13, 2011Emery County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2011, 4:40 PM MDT for Emery County, Utah. It was in force for 54 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 13, 2011, 4:40 PM MDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2011, 5:34 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Emery County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2011-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 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 2011-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1031 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

059 
WUUS55 KSLC 132240
SVRSLC
UTC015-132345-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0049.110713T2240Z-110713T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
440 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL EMERY COUNTY IN UTAH

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 434 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 27
  MILES WEST OF WOODSIDE...OR 27 MILES SOUTH OF PRICE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  RURAL NORTHERN EMERY COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 6 FROM THE EMERY 
  COUNTY LINE SOUTH TO WOODSIDE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3947 11071 3947 11028 3925 11015 3914 11072
      3928 11088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 227DEG 27KT 3924 11082

$$

SEAMAN
3 follow-up statements
982 
WWUS55 KSLC 132256
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
456 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

UTC015-132345-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110713T2345Z/
EMERY UT-
456 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EMERY COUNTY...

AT 454 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 CLEVELAND LLOYD DINOSAUR QUARRY...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF 
PRICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CLEVELAND LLOYD DINOSAUR QUARRY...
  HIGHWAY 6 FROM THE EMERY COUNTY LINE SOUTH TO WOODSIDE. 

LAT...LON 3947 11071 3947 11028 3925 11015 3914 11072
      3928 11088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 227DEG 27KT 3932 11071

$$

SEAMAN
365 
WWUS55 KSLC 132311
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
511 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

UTC015-132345-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110713T2345Z/
EMERY UT-
511 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EMERY COUNTY...

AT 508 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 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODSIDE...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF PRICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  WOODSIDE
  HIGHWAY 6 FROM THE CARBON COUNTY LINE SOUTH TO WOODSIDE

LAT...LON 3916 11064 3940 11076 3947 11071 3947 11028
      3925 11015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 232DEG 34KT 3937 11053

$$

SEAMAN
322 
WWUS55 KSLC 132334
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
534 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

UTC015-132344-
/O.CAN.KSLC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110713T2345Z/
EMERY UT-
534 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EMERY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3916 11064 3940 11076 3947 11071 3947 11028
      3925 11015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 232DEG 34KT 3950 11031

$$

SEAMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 4:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCEmery39 min
Jul 13, 5:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCCarbon41 min
Jul 13, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCEmery46 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.