Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

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WWUS55 KSLC 152255
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
455 PM MDT MON AUG 15 2011

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EMERY UT-
455 PM MDT MON AUG 15 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EMERY COUNTY...

AT 452 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...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF PRICE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ELMO

LAT...LON 3947 11069 3935 11047 3917 11086 3932 11116
      3947 11092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 229DEG 25KT 3934 11086

$$

SCHOENING

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
426 PM MDT MON AUG 15 2011

.SYNOPSIS...A DISTURBANCE OVER NORTHERN UTAH WILL AID IN PUSHING A
WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THIS
EVENING. DRIER AIR WILL RAPIDLY PUSH THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
THE STATE OVERNIGHT...WITH THE DRYING TREND CONTINUING STATEWIDE
THROUGH MIDWEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...A FAST MOVING SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS LIFTING NORTHEAST
ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH/SOUTHERN NEVADA...THIS ASSOCIATED WITHIN A
STOUT 80 KT SOUTHWESTERLY ORIENTED JET STREAK ALOFT. FOR SEVERAL
DAYS NOW A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH DRAPED ALONG THE UT/NV BORDER HAS
REMAINED RELATIVELY STATIONARY BUT HAS PROGRESSED EAST THIS
AFTERNOON AS A WEAK COOL FRONT. CURRENT PLACEMENT IS DRAPED ALONG
THE CENTRAL SALT LAKE VALLEY AND THIS FEATURE HAS PROVIDED A
TRIGGER FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION ALONG THE BOUNDARY OVER THE LAST
HOUR OR SO.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO THIS EVENING ALONG AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE WASATCH FRONT
WITH FOCUSED INITIATION TIED TO THE FRONT. CELLS SHOULD INTENSIFY AND
TRACK NORTHEAST RAPIDLY...AND IF MAINTAINED ACROSS THE TERRAIN
COULD ORGANIZE INTO ONE OR TWO STRONG AND ORGANIZED CELLS. SHEAR
AND INSTABILITY ARE CERTAINLY MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR
ORGANIZATION...BUT ONLY MARGINALLY SUFFICIENT PWAT COULD
BE A NEGATING FACTOR ALLOWING CELLS TO SHEAR FAIRLY RAPIDLY WITH
TIME. LIMITED MOISTURE IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF A FACTOR TODAY
AS A MID LEVEL DRY INTRUSION CONTINUES TO PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE
STATE THIS EVENING. PWATS ACROSS THE NORTH REMAIN NEAR 1 INCH
ALONG AND EAST OF THE WASATCH FRONT BUT DROP RAPIDLY TO THE WEST
TO UNDER .50 INCHES. DEWPOINT TRENDS ARE IN LOCK STEP WITH THIS AS
WELL.

DOWN SOUTH CONVECTION IS ISOLATED AT BEST...BUT HAVE SEEN RAPID
ORGANIZATION TO A CELL OR TWO DUE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED SHEAR IN
PLACE AND A BIT DEEPER MOISTURE AVAILABILITY. ONE CELL PROMPTED ISSUANCE
OF BOTH FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE STORM WARNINGS AS IT PASSED THROUGH
CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK. LATEST REPORTS FROM PARK OFFICIALS
INDICATE FLASH FLOODING IN PROCESS...INCLUDING SOME WATER
OVER TOPPING HIGHWAY 24 AND HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER. BUT
AGAIN...ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE COVERAGE REMAINS ISOLATED AT BEST SO
WIDESPREAD IMPACTS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

THE DRY INTRUSION WILL CONTINUE AN EASTWARD PROGRESSION OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS ESSENTIALLY SQUELCHING ANY CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL TUESDAY
OUTSIDE OF ISOLATED TERRAIN BASED BUILDUPS OVER THE EAST. WEATHER
WILL REMAIN BENIGN THROUGH THE MIDWEEK PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE
ONCE AGAIN BUILDS IN OVERHEAD...SKIES GENERALLY CLEAR AND TEMPS AT
SEASONAL LEVELS THROUGH THE MID WEEK PERIOD.

MOISTURE WILL ONCE AGAIN SPREAD NORTH LATE THIS WEEK...BECOMING
ENTRENCHED THROUGHOUT MOST AREAS AGAIN BY THE WEEKEND. HAVE
CONTINUED GENERALLY SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS IN THE
SAT/SUN/MON PERIODS.

&&

.AVIATION...A WEAK COOL FRONT PASSED THROUGH THE KSLC TERMINAL
JUST OVER AN HOUR AGO SPAWNING CONVECTION AND A FEW SHOWERS. IT
REMAINS DRAPED JUST SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL...AND THE CLOSE
PROXIMITY SHOULD ALLOW FOR FAST MOVING AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
CONVECTIVE SHOWERS THROUGH 00-01Z BEFORE ABATING. OUTSIDE OF SAID
CONVECTION...PASSAGE OF THE FRONT WILL MAINTAIN A 70 PERCENT
CHANCE OF NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ONLY A 30
PERCENT CHANCE OF SOUTHERLY OUTFLOW IMPACTING THE TERMINAL.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
AND SOUTHERN UTAH...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN UTAH WHERE
THE BEST DYNAMICS EXIST. THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH THESE NORTHERN UTAH
STORMS IS STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HOWEVER...IN THE VICINITY OF ANY
STORM...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC. ADDITIONALLY...WETTING RAIN
IS EXPECTED WITH THE MAJORITY OF THESE STORMS...WITH DECENT MOISTURE
IN PLACE.

DRY AIR IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE STATE. AS A
RESULT...ISOLATED LOCATIONS IN NORTHWESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN UTAH
MAY EXPERIENCE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OF PARTICULAR
CONCERN IS ZONE 420 IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE...WHERE
GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE USHERING IN THE DRIER AIR.
HOWEVER...HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD
ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING.

THIS DRYING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE WILL
RETURN TO SOUTHERN UTAH AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD.

&&

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

MERRILL/HOSENFELD

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VISIT...
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
322 AM MDT MON AUG 15 2011

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-161000-
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-
322 AM MDT MON AUG 15 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY...AS A PASSING WEATHER
DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH LINGERING MOISTURE. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

ELSEWHERE DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST UTAH TODAY...AND
ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN WINDS...MAY BRING ISOLATED POCKETS OF
HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
UTAH THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A DRYING TREND IS FORECAST HEADING INTO MID WEEK...WITH ONLY A
FEW STORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN MOUNTAINS TUESDAY...AND
DRY CONDITIONS FORECAST FOR THE ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY.

A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO SOUTHWEST
UTAH THURSDAY THEN SPREAD OVER MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BY THE
END OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

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