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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

June 6, 2020Box Elder County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2020, 3:31 PM MDT for Box Elder County, Utah. It was in force for 29 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2020, 3:31 PM MDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2020, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Box Elder County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 3:54 PM MDTTSTM WND DMGSnowville, UTWIND DAMAGE TO TREES AND A COUPLE OF ABANDONED TRAILERS. ONE TRAILER WAS BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION.
Jun 6, 3:54 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 60W Snowville, UTPUBLIC ESTIMATED GUST TO 60 MPH. NUMEROUS DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SOME SHINGLES BLOWN OFF OF HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 6, 3:54 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 75Snowville, UT
Jun 6, 3:56 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 75Snowville, UTLARGE TREES UPROOTED. MANUFACTURED HOME SEVERELY DAMAGED.
Jun 6, 3:59 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 627 Se Snowville, UTCHAULK HILL - UDOT MESONET

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2020-06-06Temperature 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°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 2020-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

285 
WUUS55 KSLC 062131
SVRSLC
UTC003-062200-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0021.200606T2131Z-200606T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
331 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2020

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Box Elder County in northern Utah...

* Until 400 PM MDT

* At 331 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Juniper, or
  16 miles west of Snowville, moving northeast at 35 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...
  Snowville and Curlew Junction. 

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 84 between mile markers 0 and 20.
 Utah Route 30 between mile markers 63 and 90.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4189 11247 4167 11305 4195 11331 4200 11321
      4200 11255
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 237DEG 30KT 4195 11303 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CRK
1 follow-up statement
947 
WWUS55 KSLC 062147
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
347 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2020

UTC003-062200-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200606T2200Z/
Box Elder UT-
347 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BOX ELDER COUNTY...

At 346 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Juniper, or 9
miles west of Snowville, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Snowville and Curlew Junction. 

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 84 between mile markers 0 and 20.
 Utah Route 30 between mile markers 63 and 90.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4186 11254 4181 11318 4195 11331 4200 11321
      4200 11255 4189 11247
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 237DEG 30KT 4202 11288 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CRK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah54 min
Jun 5, 6:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Salt Lake, Weber42 min
Jun 5, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder, Davis, Tooele, Weber19 min
Jun 5, 7:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCCache, Rich62 min
Jun 5, 7:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder58 min
Jun 5, 8:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele54 min
Jun 5, 9:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele89 min
Jun 6, 7:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis, Salt Lake46 min
Jun 6, 8:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC49 min
Jun 6, 8:25 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCPiute35 min
Jun 6, 8:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWayne49 min
Jun 6, 9:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCPiute44 min
Jun 6, 9:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSan Juan23 min
Jun 6, 9:22 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCGarfield53 min
Jun 6, 9:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCEmery45 min
Jun 6, 9:41 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCGarfield34 min
Jun 6, 9:51 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield, Wayne39 min
Jun 6, 9:55 AM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield3 hr
Jun 6, 10:02 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSevier43 min
Jun 6, 10:15 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSevier45 min
Jun 6, 10:28 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWayne47 min
Jun 6, 10:33 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCGarfield87 min
Jun 6, 11:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWayne38 min
Jun 6, 11:12 AM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Wayne3 hr
Jun 6, 11:26 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDuchesne49 min
Jun 6, 11:48 AM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCEmery, Garfield, Wayne3 hr
Jun 6, 11:58 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCEmery47 min
Jun 6, 12:31 PM MDTWind AdvisorySLC8 hr
Jun 6, 12:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCEmery3 hr
Jun 6, 12:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCGrand16 min
Jun 6, 1:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC41 min
Jun 6, 1:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis, Salt Lake, Weber52 min
Jun 6, 1:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCCache51 min
Jun 6, 1:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCCache38 min
Jun 6, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder41 min
Jun 6, 2:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCCache73 min
Jun 6, 2:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder52 min
Jun 6, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder47 min
Jun 6, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder17 min
Jun 6, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab, Tooele, Utah61 min
Jun 6, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder24 min
Jun 6, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, Wasatch42 min
Jun 6, 4:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis, Morgan, Salt Lake, Summit, Weber49 min
Jun 6, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis, Morgan, Summit, Weber38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.