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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

May 24, 2017Uinta County, Wyoming

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this high wind warning at May 24, 2017, 5:20 PM MDT for Uinta County, Wyoming. It was in force for 4 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: May 24, 2017, 5:20 PM MDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2017, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 4 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 23:21 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, 11.3 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

548 
WWUS75 KSLC 242320
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service SALT LAKE CITY UT
520 PM MDT Wed May 24 2017


UTZ001>006-014>016-WYZ021-250300-
/O.NEW.KSLC.HW.W.0007.170524T2320Z-170525T0300Z/
Cache Valley/Utah Portion-Northern Wasatch Front-
Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys-Southern Wasatch Front-
Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains-Wasatch Mountain Valleys-
Sanpete/Sevier Valleys-West Central Utah-Southwest Utah-
Southwest Wyoming-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF Logan, Smithfield, Brigham City, Ogden, 
Bountiful, Salt Lake City, Tooele, Lehi, Provo, Nephi, Wendover, 
Snowville, Huntsville, Park City, Heber City, Manti, Richfield, 
Delta, Fillmore, Beaver, Cedar City, Milford, and Evanston
520 PM MDT Wed May 24 2017

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

The National Weather Service in SALT LAKE CITY has issued a High
Wind Warning...which is in effect until 9 PM MDT this evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...The Wasatch Front, Cache Valley, Wasatch
  Mountain Valleys, West Central and Southwest Utah, Great Salt
  Lake Desert and Mountains, Sanpete and Sevier Valleys, Southwest
  Wyoming.

* WINDS...Gusts from showers and thunderstorms in the 50 to 60 mph
  range, with few gusts approaching 75 mph.

* TIMING...Increasing shower and thunderstorm activity late this
  afternoon will persist into mid-evening. Any of these showers
  and thunderstorms will have the potential to generate strong
  microburst winds. 

* IMPACTS...These strong gusts will dislodge unsecured items such
  as lawn furniture, trampolines and garbage cans. Tree damage is
  also possible. Strong cross winds could create hazardous travel
  conditions on all roadways within the warning area.

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

For information on potential travel impacts visit...
http://udottraffic.utah.gov/roadweatherforecast.aspx

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Salt Lake	28 min
May 24, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SLC	Tooele	46 min

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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.