Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

245 
WWUS55 KSLC 182049
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
249 PM MDT SUN OCT 18 2015

UTC021-053-182115-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-151018T2115Z/
IRON UT-WASHINGTON UT-
249 PM MDT SUN OCT 18 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN IRON AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 248 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 NEAR NEW HARMONY...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CEDAR CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HAIL.
HAIL MAY ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS INCLUDING I-15 RESULTING IN
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KANARRAVILLE...PINTURA AND KOLOB CANYON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF
THESE STORMS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER... INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS... AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INTO A BASEMENT...OR AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
BATHROOM OR CLOSET.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3731 11323 3734 11333 3760 11326 3760 11308
      3752 11295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 203DEG 33KT 3747 11322 

$$

MPS

673 
WWUS55 KSLC 182104
SVSSLC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
304 PM MDT SUN OCT 18 2015

UTC021-053-182113-
/O.CAN.KSLC.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-151018T2115Z/
IRON UT-WASHINGTON UT-
304 PM MDT SUN OCT 18 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IRON AND
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3731 11323 3734 11333 3760 11326 3760 11308
      3752 11295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 210DEG 33KT 3760 11313 

$$

MPS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
235 PM MDT SUN OCT 18 2015

.SYNOPSIS...AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN EARLY IN THE WEEK. COOL AND UNSETTLED
CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE STATE
THROUGH MIDWEEK.

&&

.SHORT TERM (THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY)...
WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS A CLOSED LOW MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE
WESTERN GREAT BASIN. AMDAR 400-250MB WIND OBSERVATIONS SHOW A
50-80KT CYCLONIC JET OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC INTO THE WESTERN
GREAT BASIN. GOES/RAP/12Z SLC RAOB INDICATE THE PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUE RANGES BETWEEN 0.33" NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...TO 0.75"-1.00"
MOST VALLEYS.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN
UTAH. DEWPOINTS HAVE RISEN INTO THE 50S ACROSS MOST VALLEYS...WITH
UPPER 50S ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH. FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO
INDICATE WARM CLOUD DEPTH GREATER THAN 6FKT ACROSS SOUTHERN
UTAH...CONDUCIVE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ESPECIALLY DURING DESTABILIZATION
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

CONVECTION WILL BE DEEPER AND MORE VIGOROUS TODAY GIVEN APPROACHING
DYNAMICS (DIFFLUENCE ALOFT/JET SUPPORT) AND BETTER INSTABILITY SHOWN
BY SHORT RANGE ENSEMBLES. EFFECTIVE SHEAR INCREASES AT OR ABOVE 35KTS
TODAY SO ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND MARGINALLY SEVERE WINDS WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS.

REINFORCING ENERGY MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE BACKSIDE OF THE
APPROACHING TROUGH TOMORROW WHICH WILL START THE PROCESS OF A HARD
SPLIT WITH A CLOSED LOW EVENTUALLY DEVELOPING OVER ARIZONA.
BAROCLINIC ZONE SHOULD MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH TOMORROW
STARTING TO LIMIT CONVECTIVE CHANCES UP THAT WAY...ESPECIALLY BY
WEDNESDAY.

WITH COOLING...COLUMN MOISTURE DECREASES ACROSS THE REGION BUT IT
WILL STILL BE QUITE MOIST. THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL LOOKS TO BECOME
MORE ISOLATED TOMORROW AND FOCUS ACROSS SOUTHEAST UTAH.

DEPENDING ON DETAILS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARIZONA CLOSED
LOW FEATURE...WOULD EXPECT CLOUDS/SHOWERS TO EXPAND BACK NORTHWEST
INTO SOUTHERN UTAH TUESDAY. ALSO WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR
POTENTIALLY GUSTY DOWNSLOPE/CANYON WINDS ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY
TUESDAY NIGHT SHOULD THE GRADIENT SET UP AS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED.

.LONG TERM (AFTER 12Z WED)...
MODELS ARE SIMILAR AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD WITH THE
CLOSED LOW CENTERED NEAR THE NRN END OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA.
THE EC SHOWS A MORE CONCENTRIC FEATURE WHILE THE GFS HAS A LOBE
EXTENDING NORTH UP THROUGH MOST OF UT. THE GFS SOLUTION WOULD
IMPLY THE THREAT OF PRECIP WOULD EXTEND FARTHER NORTH ON WED WHILE
THE EC WOULD KEEP IT MORE OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST.

WRAPAROUND MOISTURE KEEPS THE PRECIP THREAT GOING INTO THU BEFORE
THE LOW FINALLY MOVES EAST AND RIDGING SPREADS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST
THU NIGHT/FRI. HAVE TRENDED THE FORECAST TOWARDS THE EC IDEAS AS IT
HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN HANDLING THE EVOLUTION OF THESE CLOSED LOWS
BETTER THAN THE GFS SINCE THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

TEMPERATURE REBOUND GOING INTO THE WEEKEND UNDER THE RIDGE AS THE
AIRMASS DRIES OUT. THE RIDGE FLATTENS A BIT ON SUN AS A WEAK WAVE
PASSES WELL TO THE NORTH BUT EXPECT THE CWA TO STAY DRY.

&&

.AVIATION...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT THE SLC TERMINAL INTO
TONIGHT. SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
THE TERMINAL BETWEEN 21-23Z CONTINUING UNTIL ABOUT 04-05Z. THESE
WILL LIKELY CAUSE ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS AT THE TERMINAL WITH A
CHANCE OF CEILINGS AT OR BELOW 5000 FEET AGL.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR UTZ016-019>021-518.

WY...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...ROGOWSKI
LONG TERM/AVIATION...WILENSKY

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
554 AM MDT SUN OCT 18 2015

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-191200-
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-
554 AM MDT SUN OCT 18 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS WESTERN UTAH
DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE SHOWERS AND
STORMS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
WITH THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND STORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF
EXTREME SOUTHERN UTAH. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
EXTREME SOUTHERN UTAH BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN WIDESPREAD ACROSS
THE OUTLOOK AREA MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. COLDER AIR MOVING
INTO THE AREA WILL BRING SNOW LEVELS LOW ENOUGH FOR SOME
ACCUMULATING SNOWS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE PRECIPITATION TO THE OUTLOOK
AREA WILL SHIFT SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND STRENGTHEN ON
TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL SHIFT SOUTH WITH THE STORM AND
CONCENTRATE OVER THE SOUTHERN THROUGH EAST-CENTRAL UTAH MIDWEEK.
THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA WILL RECEIVE ISOLATED SHOWERS
THROUGH MIDWEEK...FOLLOWED BY DRIER AND SOMEWHAT WARMER
CONDITIONS TOWARDS THE OF THE WEEK.

.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