Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Sep 1, 2012, 2:38 PM MDT (20:38 UTC)

Expired

Sep 1, 2012, 3:15 PM MDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Tooele County, UT

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS55 KSLC 012038
SVRSLC
UTC045-012115-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0022.120901T2038Z-120901T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
238 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL TOOELE COUNTY IN UTAH

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 235 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 9 MILES
  SOUTH OF WENDOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  WENDOVER
  I-80 FROM THE NEVADA BORDER TO MILE POST 30

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.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HAIL. HAIL
MAY ACCUMULATE ON AREA I-80 FROM THE NEVADA BORDER EAST ACROSS THE 
SALT FLATS RESULTING IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

&&

LAT...LON 4075 11404 4088 11353 4057 11346 4053 11405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 243DEG 35KT 4062 11403

$$

MPS

388 
WWUS55 KSLC 012051
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
251 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012

UTC045-012115-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120901T2115Z/
TOOELE UT-
251 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL TOOELE COUNTY...

AT 248 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIME SIZE HAIL...
AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WENDOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  I-80 IN WESTERN TOOELE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE 
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO 
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY 
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

&&

LAT...LON 4075 11404 4088 11353 4057 11346 4053 11405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 243DEG 35KT 4068 11387

$$

MPS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Utah, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.