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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 21, 2018Kane County, Utah

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2018-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 897 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2018-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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
 
$$

NC
2 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
 
$$

NC
749 
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 

$$

NC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 2:45 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchSLC17 hr
Aug 21, 8:38 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSanpete37 min
Aug 21, 11:41 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC49 min
Aug 21, 11:47 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCKane28 min
Aug 21, 11:59 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCEmery3 hr
Aug 21, 12:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCGarfield, Wayne3 hr
Aug 21, 12:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC51 min
Aug 21, 12:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC39 min
Aug 21, 12:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCKane52 min
Aug 21, 12:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCKane28 min
Aug 21, 12:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCKane, Washington4 hr
Aug 21, 1:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC45 min
Aug 21, 1:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC39 min
Aug 21, 1:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCGarfield46 min
Aug 21, 1:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCEmery45 min
Aug 21, 1:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC47 min
Aug 21, 2:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSevier45 min
Aug 21, 2:39 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCKane, San Juan3 hr
Aug 21, 3:50 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCEmery3 hr
Aug 21, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab49 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.