Alert archive / Utah / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2018, 12:56 PM MDT for Kane County, Utah. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 21, 2018, 12:56 PM MDT (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2018, 1:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Kane County, UT
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 897 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
397
WUUS55 KSLC 211856
SVRSLC
UTC025-211930-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0021.180821T1856Z-180821T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1256 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2018
The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Kane County in southern Utah...
* Until 130 PM MDT
* At 1256 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of
Kaibab, or 11 miles west of Kanab, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Kanab and Coral Pink Sand Dunes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3710 11288 3724 11249 3702 11242 3699 11252
3700 11281
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 246DEG 17KT 3704 11273
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NC2 follow-up statements
045
WWUS55 KSLC 211917
SVSSLC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
117 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2018
UTC025-211930-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180821T1930Z/
Kane UT-
117 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANE COUNTY...
At 117 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kanab, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kanab and Coral Pink Sand Dunes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3711 11281 3722 11251 3703 11244 3699 11252
3701 11272
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 246DEG 17KT 3708 11262
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NC749
WWUS55 KSLC 211927
SVSSLC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
127 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2018
UTC025-211937-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180821T1930Z/
Kane UT-
127 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 130 PM MDT...
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 will be allowed to expire. However small hail
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3711 11281 3722 11251 3703 11244 3699 11252
3701 11272
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 246DEG 17KT 3709 11133
$$
NCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2:45 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | SLC | 17 hr | |
| Aug 21, 8:38 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Sanpete | 37 min |
| Aug 21, 11:41 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | 49 min | |
| Aug 21, 11:47 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Kane | 28 min |
| Aug 21, 11:59 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Emery | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:01 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Garfield, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | 51 min | |
| Aug 21, 12:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | 39 min | |
| Aug 21, 12:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Kane | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 12:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Kane | 28 min |
| Aug 21, 12:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Kane, Washington | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | 45 min | |
| Aug 21, 1:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | 39 min | |
| Aug 21, 1:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Garfield | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 1:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Emery | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 1:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | 47 min | |
| Aug 21, 2:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Sevier | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 2:39 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Kane, San Juan | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | SLC | Emery | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Juab | 49 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.