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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

September 12, 2021Box Elder County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2021, 4:31 PM MDT for Box Elder 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
Sep 12, 2021, 4:31 PM MDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
44 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2021-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 108 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 2021-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
108 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

593 
WUUS55 KSLC 122231
SVRSLC
UTC003-122315-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0110.210912T2231Z-210912T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
431 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

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

* Until 515 PM MDT

* At 430 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Juniper, or 
  19 miles west of Snowville, moving east at 25 mph. An additional 
  severe thunderstorm is located northeast of Park Valley, moving 
  east at 25 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, Park Valley and Curlew Junction. 

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 84 between mile markers 0 and 16.
 Utah Route 30 between mile markers 55 and 90.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4174 11256 4182 11336 4200 11318 4200 11256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 270DEG 23KT 4196 11309 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CRK
1 follow-up statement
272 
WWUS55 KSLC 122255
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
455 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

UTC003-122315-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-210912T2315Z/
Box Elder UT-
455 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BOX ELDER COUNTY...

At 455 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Juniper, or 9
miles west of Snowville, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect 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 16.
 Utah Route 30 between mile markers 68 and 90.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4181 11256 4187 11314 4200 11305 4200 11256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 271DEG 19KT 4199 11290 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CRK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 6:19 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCEmery, Garfield, Wayne3 hr
Sep 11, 6:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab45 min
Sep 11, 7:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab44 min
Sep 11, 7:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC51 min
Sep 11, 8:15 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Wayne3 hr
Sep 11, 8:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSanpete38 min
Sep 11, 9:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSanpete39 min
Sep 12, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder46 min
Sep 12, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder23 min
Sep 12, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder51 min
Sep 12, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder47 min
Sep 12, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder24 min
Sep 12, 5:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder20 min
Sep 12, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC46 min
Sep 12, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder51 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.