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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

June 2, 2019Morgan County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2019, 2:16 PM MDT for Morgan County, Utah. It was in force for 44 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
Jun 2, 2019, 2:16 PM MDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2019, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

County Morgan County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2019-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2019-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-412 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 2, 11:11 AM MDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 11:11 AM MDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1111 AM MDT Sun Jun 2 2019

.SYNOPSIS...A slow moving upper level low pressure system over
California will gradually shift eastward through early in the
upcoming week. A warming trend will develop across Utah during the
week.

&&

.DISCUSSION...A slowly filling upper level low is currently
located across California. Several embedded shortwaves are
rotating around the eastern periphery of the low...northward
through Nevada and Utah. This has spawned weak convection across
west central Utah and the Salt Flats this morning. Expect the wave
responsible for this early convection to shift north through the
late morning hours.

HREF guidance supports destabilization with MUCAPE values near
1000-1500 J/kg by later this afternoon across the northern half of
Utah. Deep layer shear will hover around 25-30 kts, right on the
threshold for the potential for organized convection. The best
shear looks to be on the periphery of the best instability.
Expect...much like yesterday...thunderstorms to develop and to be
mainly pulse type convection in nature. But a few thunderstorms
will be briefly capable of organization and attendant small hail
and gusty wind threats...especially in areas with both maximized
instability and deep layer shear combined with beneficial terrain
interactions.

Updated the forecast to increase pops this morning to better match
current trends and increased pops further south and west based on
a variety of CAMs members producing convection as far south as
Cedar City. No additional updates are anticipated.

&&

.AVIATION...Northwest winds currently in place at the KSLC terminal
are expected to prevail into this evening under VFR conditions. This
said, once again after 21z thunderstorm buildups are anticipated to
increase near the southern/eastern gates prior to lifting north
toward the terminal. A 30% chance exists that thunderstorms will
directly impact the terminal late afternoon/eve, while a 50% chance
exists that gusty erratic winds will switch the prevailing northwest
winds to a more southerly orientation within the 22-03z window.

&&

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

Kruse/Merrill

For more information from NOAA's National Weather Service visit...
http://weather.gov/saltlakecity

For frequently asked questions about the Area Forecast Discussion
visit...
http://weather.gov/saltlakecity/general/afd_faqs.php
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 10:55 AM MDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1055 AM MDT Sun Jun 2 2019

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-031300-
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-
1055 AM MDT Sun Jun 2 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the western two thirds of
Utah and southwest Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms will re-develop across mainly the
northern half of Utah this afternoon and evening. Locally heavy
rainfall, gusty winds and small hail will be possible any
thunderstorms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Thunderstorms will remain possible Monday...with the potential
for heavy rain, gusty winds and small hail each afternoon and
evening.

With much warmer temperatures expected, snowmelt will accelerate
at high elevations. Waterways remain running high, cold and swift.
Exercise caution near waterways, and keep a close eye on children
and pets.

.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

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
110 PM MDT SUN JUN 2 2019

UTZ007-021945-
Wasatch Mountains I-80 North UT-
110 PM MDT SUN JUN 2 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CACHE AND
NORTHWESTERN RICH COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM MDT...

At 109 PM MDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
cluster of strong thunderstorms over Laketown and the Bear
River Mountains...moving north at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible.

Locations impacted include...
Laketown, Garden City, Garden, Beaver Mtn, Meadowville, Pickelville
and Lakota.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If threatening weather approaches, take shelter in a sturdy building.

If on or near Bear Lake, get out of the water and move indoors or
inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4175 11128 4176 11167 4200 11171 4200 11127
      4201 11125 4201 11120 4200 11116
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 197DEG 13KT 4181 11137

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:16 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 6:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab52 min
Jun 1, 6:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab50 min
Jun 1, 6:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCUtah48 min
Jun 1, 6:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele33 min
Jun 1, 7:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab36 min
Jun 1, 7:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele33 min
Jun 1, 7:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele51 min
Jun 1, 8:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCTooele32 min
Jun 1, 8:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele25 min
Jun 1, 9:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder, Davis, Tooele28 min
Jun 1, 9:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder39 min
Jun 2, 1:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCCache35 min
Jun 2, 1:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCCache, Rich25 min
Jun 2, 2:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCRich52 min
Jun 2, 2:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCMorgan48 min
Jun 2, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCRich46 min
Jun 2, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCMillard30 min
Jun 2, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCCache35 min
Jun 2, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCUtah29 min
Jun 2, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCUtah32 min
Jun 2, 2:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCUinta48 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.