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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

October 8, 2021Tooele County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 8, 2021, 3:56 PM MDT for Tooele County, Utah. It was in force for 30 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, 3:56 PM MDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2021, 4:26 PM MDT
In force
30 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), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.

421 
WUUS55 KSLC 082156
SVRSLC
UTC045-082245-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0116.211008T2156Z-211008T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
356 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 445 PM MDT

* At 356 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles east 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...
  Knolls, Utah Test and Training Range North and Bonneville Salt
  Flats.

This includes Interstate 80 in Utah between mile markers 11 and 44.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4101 11348 4100 11340 4074 11316 4054 11377
      4070 11389
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 230DEG 22KT 4069 11367 

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

$$

CRK
2 follow-up statements
372 
WWUS55 KSLC 082212
SVSSLC

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

UTC045-082245-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-211008T2245Z/
Tooele UT-
412 PM MDT Fri Oct 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN TOOELE COUNTY...

At 412 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles west of
Knolls, or 23 miles east 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...
Knolls and Utah Test and Training Range North. 

This includes Interstate 80 in Utah between mile markers 16 and 44.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4101 11348 4100 11340 4074 11316 4059 11369
      4070 11379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 230DEG 22KT 4075 11357 

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

$$

CRK
511 
WWUS55 KSLC 082226
SVSSLC

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

UTC045-082236-
/O.CAN.KSLC.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-211008T2245Z/
Tooele UT-
426 PM MDT Fri Oct 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TOOELE 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.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4101 11348 4100 11340 4074 11316 4059 11369
      4070 11379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 230DEG 22KT 4081 11348 

$$

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, 3:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCTooele24 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.