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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 16, 2012Beaver County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2012, 7:38 PM MDT for Beaver County, Utah. It was in force for 22 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
Aug 16, 2012, 7:38 PM MDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Beaver County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 280 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2012-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2012-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
5069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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.

058 
WUUS55 KSLC 170138
SVRSLC
UTC001-170200-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0013.120817T0138Z-120817T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
738 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN UTAH

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 732 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH 
  WAS REPORTED NEAR MILFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MILFORD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
AND/OR LARGE HAIL AT LEAST ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3841 11274 3820 11298 3840 11314 3854 11300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 308DEG 8KT 3842 11297

$$

MPS
2 follow-up statements
038 
WWUS55 KSLC 170146
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
746 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012

UTC001-170200-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120817T0200Z/
BEAVER UT-
746 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY...

AT 745 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILFORD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH MPH WERE REPORTED IN MILFORD AT 730 PM 
WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND 
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 3841 11274 3820 11298 3840 11314 3854 11300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 308DEG 8KT 3841 11295

$$

MPS
312 
WWUS55 KSLC 170159
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
759 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012

UTC001-170208-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120817T0200Z/
BEAVER UT-
759 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 800 PM MDT...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. THEREFORE THE WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN MINERSVILLE WITH THE OUTFLOW FROM THIS DYING STORM. 

LAT...LON 3841 11274 3820 11298 3840 11314 3854 11300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 308DEG 8KT 3839 11292

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 1:54 PM MDTFire Weather WatchSLCBeaver, Box Elder, Davis, Iron, Juab, Millard and 5 more24 hr
Aug 17, 5:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCIron2 hr

Nearby

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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.