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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

October 8, 2021Tooele County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 8, 2021, 3:36 PM MDT for Tooele 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
Oct 8, 2021, 3:36 PM MDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Tooele County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2021-10-08Temperature 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 2021-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

085 
WUUS55 KSLC 082136
SVRSLC
UTC045-082200-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0115.211008T2136Z-211008T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
336 PM MDT Fri Oct 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Tooele County in northern Utah...

* Until 400 PM MDT

* At 336 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles southeast
  of Wendover, moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Utah Test and Training Range South and Bonneville Salt Flats. 

This includes Interstate 80 in Utah between mile markers 9 and 28.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4042 11382 4064 11400 4093 11365 4056 11336
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 236DEG 21KT 4058 11379 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CRK
1 follow-up statement
610 
WWUS55 KSLC 082144
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
344 PM MDT Fri Oct 8 2021

UTC045-082200-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-211008T2200Z/
Tooele UT-
344 PM MDT Fri Oct 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN TOOELE COUNTY...

At 344 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles southeast
of Wendover, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Utah Test and Training Range South and Bonneville Salt Flats. 

This includes Interstate 80 in Utah between mile markers 11 and 28.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4051 11379 4067 11393 4093 11365 4056 11336
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 236DEG 21KT 4061 11374 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.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
Oct 7, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele43 min
Oct 7, 7:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele49 min
Oct 7, 9:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWeber47 min
Oct 8, 2:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele47 min
Oct 8, 3:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC51 min
Oct 8, 3:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder54 min
Oct 8, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCTooele30 min
Oct 8, 4:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC47 min
Oct 8, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC52 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.