Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

123 
WWUS55 KSLC 051944
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
144 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

UTC021-025-053-052000-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150605T2000Z/
WASHINGTON UT-IRON UT-KANE UT-
144 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...SOUTH CENTRAL IRON AND NORTHWESTERN
KANE COUNTIES...

AT 143 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF ZION NATIONAL PARK...OR
20 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMILTON FORT. 

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 3736 11279 3731 11303 3742 11308 3765 11319
      3771 11287 3749 11282
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 165DEG 28KT 3740 11294 

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618 
WWUS55 KSLC 052000
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
200 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

UTC021-025-053-052010-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150605T2000Z/
WASHINGTON UT-IRON UT-KANE UT-
200 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...
SOUTH CENTRAL IRON AND NORTHWESTERN KANE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LIMITS. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3736 11279 3731 11303 3742 11308 3765 11319
      3771 11287 3749 11282
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 165DEG 31KT 3740 11294 

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1032 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

.SYNOPSIS...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL
TURN NORTHEAST LATER TODAY. THIS LOW WILL TRACK SLOWLY NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN OVER THE WEEKEND. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL COVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY...
THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE ON SUNDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...THE UPPER LOW CURRENTLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST STILL ON TRACK TO TURN NORTHEAST LATER TODAY.
THIS LOW WILL MAINTAIN A CIRCULATION CENTER AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.
LATER ON SUNDAY THIS LOW WILL EVOLVE INTO AN ELONGATED UPPER
TROUGH EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN WYOMING SOUTHWEST INTO THE EASTERN
PACIFIC THROUGH SOUTHERN/CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MOISTURE OCCURRED OVERNIGHT ACROSS
EASTERN AND NORTHERN UTAH...AND ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST UTAH.
TWO VORTICITY LOBES ROTATING NORTH OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN LOW ARE
IN PLAY TODAY. THE NORTHERN MOST FEATURE CURRENTLY OVER FAR
NORTHERN UTAH HAS PRODUCED AN INCREASING AREA OF CONVECTIVE PRECIP
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THE NOSE OF THE UPPER JET WORKING
INTO SOUTHEAST UTAH HAS BROUGHT AN INCREASE IN UPPER DIVERGENCE
WHICH IS SUPPORTING DEEP CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH. THIS
ORGANIZED ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE NORTH AND WEST OF THE STATE BY
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

A SECOND VORTICITY LOBE EVIDENT IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY EXTENDS
FROM CENTRAL NEVADA SOUTHEAST INTO EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA AT THIS
TIME. CONVECTION GENERATED ALONG THIS VORTICITY LOBE APPEARS TO
BE USING THE MOISTURE DISCONTINUITY ACROSS SOUTHWEST UTAH AS THE
FOCUS FOR LOW-LEVEL LIFT AND THE RESULTANT DEEP CONVECTION. THE
STRONG CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHWEST UTAH WILL LIKELY TURN TO THE
NORTHWEST AND WEAKEN A BIT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STRONG
STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE SOUTHERN END OF THE
VORTICITY LOBE AS IT ROTATES NORTH OUT OF ARIZONA AND RIDES UP
ALONG THE MOISTURE DISCONTINUITY THROUGH CENTRAL UTAH...AND POINTS
EAST IN THE MORE UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST AIR MASS OVER FAR EASTERN
UTAH.

BY SATURDAY WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION SHOULD EXIST AS THE STILL
ORGANIZED UPPER LOW MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH UTAH. THE HEAVIEST
PRECIP WILL LIKELY FORM ALONG THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN FLANKS OF
THE UPPER LOW...WITH SOME REDUCED ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
UTAH AS SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER AIR WORKS IN BEHIND THE UPPER LOW.
SUSPECT THAT THE MODEL QPFS ARE A BIT LOW DUE TO THE TROPICAL
NATURE OF THE AIR MASS AND WEAK MEAN LAYER FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS SYNOPTIC-SCALE FEATURE.

NO ADDITIONAL UPDATES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. SEVERE WEATHER COULD
BE AN ISSUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DEEP LAYER INSTABILITY AND DECENT
SHEAR IN PLAY.

&&

.AVIATION...WINDS WILL BECOME PREDOMINANTLY NORTH-NORTHWEST AT
THE SLC TERMINAL AFTER 20Z...DEVELOPING SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON MAY
IMPACT WIND DIRECTION AT TIMES. WINDS WILL BECOME PREDOMINANTLY SE
AGAIN AFTER 03Z TONIGHT.

&&

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

PUBLIC...CONGER
AVIATION...RUTZ

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

FOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY/GENERAL/AFD_FAQS.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
445 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-061045-
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-
445 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS UTAH
TODAY AND TONIGHT AS AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTERACTS
WITH DEEP MOISTURE. THE GREATEST COVERAGE AND MOST INTENSE
ACTIVITY CAN BE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN UTAH...WHERE
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WIND BEING THE MOST
LIKELY HAZARD. THERE IS ALSO SOME POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY RAIN AND
FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE OVER THE
FORECAST AREA...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY...WITH SOME ACTIVITY LINGERING INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT. THERE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
AND FLASH FLOODING...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN UTAH.

CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ON SUNDAY SHOULD BE WEAKER IN NATURE AND
GENERALLY CONFINED TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

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

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
132 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

UTZ020-021-052015-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH UT-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL UT-
132 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN AND EASTERN
KANE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM MDT...

AT 131 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAHWEEP...OR 11 MILES NORTH
OF ANTELOPE CANYON NEAR SR 98...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN SAN
JUAN AND EASTERN KANE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE POWELL...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO
NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM. ROUGH CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ON LAKE POWELL WITH THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3706 11150 3748 11114 3731 11088 3700 11127
      3700 11141
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 218DEG 27KT 3706 11136

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