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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

November 25, 2014Uinta County, Wyoming

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this high wind warning at Nov 25, 2014, 9:02 AM MST for Uinta County, Wyoming. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 2014, 9:02 AM MST (16:02 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 2014, 7:50 PM MST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

County Uinta County, WY

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:03 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 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 12:00Z on 2014-11-25Temperature 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 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 12:00Z on 2014-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
655 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.

493 
WWUS75 KSLC 251602
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
902 AM MST TUE NOV 25 2014

WYZ021-260400-
/O.NEW.KSLC.HW.W.0009.141125T1602Z-141126T0400Z/
SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EVANSTON
902 AM MST TUE NOV 25 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...UINTA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN
  STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...DIMINSHING IN THE EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...CAN BE DIFFICULT TO
CONTROL AT TIMES IN HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA
CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHILE CROSSING BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND
UNSHELTERED AREAS.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

FOR ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WYOROAD.INFO OR DIAL 511.
2 follow-up statements
951 
WWUS75 KSLC 252138
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
238 PM MST TUE NOV 25 2014

WYZ021-260400-
/O.CON.KSLC.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-141126T0400Z/
SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EVANSTON
238 PM MST TUE NOV 25 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

* AFFECTED AREA...UINTA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...DECREASING
  TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. VEHICLES...
ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...CAN BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AT
TIMES IN HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION...
ESPECIALLY WHILE CROSSING BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND UNSHELTERED
AREAS.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT...
HTTP://UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX
550 
WWUS75 KSLC 260250
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
750 PM MST TUE NOV 25 2014

WYZ021-260400-
/O.CAN.KSLC.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-141126T0400Z/
SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EVANSTON
750 PM MST TUE NOV 25 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING.

WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING AND WILL CONTINUE
TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS 30-40 MPH ARE STILL
POSSIBLE THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT.

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT...
HTTP://UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX

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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.