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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 7, 2013Carbon County, Emery County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2013, 2:42 PM MDT for Carbon County, Emery County, Utah. It was in force for 63 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 7, 2013, 2:42 PM MDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2013, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Carbon County, UT, Emery County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2013-07-07Temperature 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2013-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
2419 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 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.

176 
WUUS55 KSLC 072042
SVRSLC
UTC007-015-072145-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0013.130707T2042Z-130707T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
242 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY IN UTAH
  NORTHEASTERN EMERY COUNTY IN UTAH

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 236 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 15
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUNNYSIDE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRICE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  US 6 BETWEEN WELLINGTON AND WOODSIDE...
  SUNNYSIDE AND EAST CARBON...

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 QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3962 11030 3931 11010 3925 11055 3941 11066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 241DEG 12KT 3939 11055

$$

ROGOWSKI
2 follow-up statements
726 
WWUS55 KSLC 072057
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
257 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013

UTC007-015-072145-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130707T2145Z/
CARBON UT-EMERY UT-
257 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EMERY AND SOUTH CENTRAL CARBON COUNTIES...

AT 251 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 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST CARBON...OR ABOUT 21 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PRICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  US 6 BETWEEN WOODSIDE AND WELLINGTON
  EAST CARBON

LAT...LON 3930 11056 3942 11059 3962 11030 3931 11010
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 241DEG 12KT 3942 11049

$$

ROGOWSKI
811 
WWUS55 KSLC 072118
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
318 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013

UTC007-015-072128-
/O.CAN.KSLC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130707T2145Z/
CARBON UT-EMERY UT-
318 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EMERY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL CARBON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. THEREFORE THE WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3930 11056 3942 11059 3962 11030 3931 11010
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 241DEG 12KT 3945 11041

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 6:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele37 min
Jul 6, 6:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCDavis2 hr
Jul 6, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder, Tooele74 min
Jul 6, 7:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis, Salt Lake82 min
Jul 7, 1:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCWayne111 min
Jul 7, 2:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCEmery49 min
Jul 7, 3:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCDavis2 hr
Jul 7, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele88 min
Jul 7, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder, Tooele94 min
Jul 7, 4:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCGarfield38 min
Jul 7, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder90 min
Jul 7, 5:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis, Salt Lake90 min
Jul 7, 5:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCGarfield, Wayne3 hr
Jul 7, 5:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington40 min

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.