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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, 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, 4:42 PM MDT for Box Elder County, Utah. It was in force for 24 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, 4:42 PM MDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2021, 5:06 PM MDT
In force
24 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

802 
WUUS55 KSLC 122242
SVRSLC
UTC003-122345-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0111.210912T2242Z-210912T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

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

* Until 545 PM MDT

* At 441 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 26 miles northwest
  of Utah Test and Training Range North, or 32 miles east of
  Montello, moving east at 30 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...
  Great Salt Lake North of the Causeway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4127 11365 4140 11366 4165 11294 4122 11284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 249DEG 27KT 4134 11356 

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

$$

CRK
2 follow-up statements
858 
WWUS55 KSLC 122256
SVSSLC

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

UTC003-122345-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-210912T2345Z/
Box Elder UT-
456 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL BOX ELDER COUNTY...

At 456 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 25 miles northwest
of Utah Test and Training Range North, or 36 miles east of Montello,
moving east at 10 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...
Great Salt Lake North of the Causeway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4127 11356 4143 11354 4165 11294 4122 11284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 251DEG 10KT 4136 11349 

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

$$

CRK
893 
WWUS55 KSLC 122306
SVSSLC

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

UTC003-122316-
/O.CAN.KSLC.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-210912T2345Z/
Box Elder UT-
506 PM MDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BOX ELDER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4127 11356 4143 11354 4165 11294 4122 11284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 249DEG 27KT 4139 11339 

$$

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, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder44 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.