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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 21, 2021Utah County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this high wind warning at Aug 21, 2021, 8:32 PM MDT for Utah County, Utah. It was in force for 3 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
Aug 21, 2021, 8:32 PM MDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2021, 11:24 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

County Utah County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 422 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
422 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

992 
WWUS75 KSLC 220232
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
832 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

UTZ106-220600-
/O.NEW.KSLC.HW.W.0007.210822T0232Z-210822T0600Z/
Utah Valley-
Including the cities of Lehi, Provo, and Payson
832 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

* WHAT...North winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 70 mph.

* WHERE...Utah Valley mainly north of Provo.

* WHEN...Until midnight MDT tonight.

* IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property 
  and cause power outages. Travel will be difficult especially 
  for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown
around or damaged by the wind.

&&

$$

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
1 follow-up statement
478 
WWUS75 KSLC 220524
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1124 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

UTZ106-220630-
/O.CAN.KSLC.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210822T0600Z/
Utah Valley-
Including the cities of Lehi, Provo, and Payson
1124 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

Wind gusts up to 35 mph may continue through the overnight hours
across northern Utah County. Wind gusts over 58 mph are no longer
expected...therefore the high wind warning is cancelled. 

$$

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 6:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSLCBox Elder, Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake and 3 more39 min
Aug 21, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCCache, Rich61 min
Aug 21, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSLCBox Elder, Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake and 3 more50 min
Aug 21, 6:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCDavis, Weber2 hr
Aug 21, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSLCSummit37 min
Aug 21, 7:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSalt Lake37 min
Aug 21, 7:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCDavis, Morgan, Salt Lake, Summit117 min
Aug 21, 7:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSummit49 min
Aug 21, 7:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDuchesne41 min
Aug 21, 8:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSummit51 min
Aug 21, 8:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC31 min
Aug 21, 8:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDuchesne, Summit26 min
Aug 21, 9:59 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCSalt Lake91 min

Nearby

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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.