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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 22, 2021Garfield County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2021, 1:20 PM MDT for Garfield County, Utah. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2021, 1:20 PM MDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2021, 1:45 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Garfield County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 1:20 PM MDTHAIL 1.5Bryce Cyn Np, UT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 271 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2021-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 196 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2021-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

258 
WUUS55 KSLC 221920
SVRSLC
UTC017-221945-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0020.210722T1920Z-210722T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
120 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Garfield County in southern Utah...

* Until 145 PM MDT

* At 119 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bryce Canyon
  National Park, or 29 miles west of Escalante, moving east at 15
  mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Bryce Canyon National Park, Tropic, Cannonville and Rubys Inn. 

This includes Utah Route 12 between mile markers 10 and 25, and
between mile markers 31 and 40.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3756 11215 3773 11223 3786 11194 3760 11183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 250DEG 12KT 3767 11212 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

ND
2 follow-up statements
905 
WWUS55 KSLC 221933
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
133 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

UTC017-221945-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210722T1945Z/
Garfield UT-
133 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY...

At 132 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bryce Canyon
National Park, or 26 miles west of Escalante, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

Locations impacted include...
Bryce Canyon National Park, Tropic, Cannonville and Rubys Inn. 

This includes Utah Route 12 between mile markers 10 and 25, and
between mile markers 31 and 40.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3756 11215 3773 11223 3786 11194 3760 11183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 249DEG 12KT 3768 11207 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

ND
052 
WWUS55 KSLC 221943
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
143 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

UTC017-221953-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210722T1945Z/
Garfield UT-
143 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 145 PM MDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail 
and heavy rain and localized areas of flash flooding are still 
possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3756 11215 3773 11223 3786 11194 3760 11183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 250DEG 12KT 3769 11204 

$$

ND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 8:41 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCKane6 hr
Jul 22, 2:43 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchSLCEmery, Garfield, Kane, Sevier, Washington, Wayne20 hr
Jul 22, 11:16 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCPiute29 min
Jul 22, 11:41 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC49 min
Jul 22, 11:54 AM MDTFlood WatchSLCBeaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Piute, Washington and 1 more11 hr
Jul 22, 1:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCIron43 min
Jul 22, 1:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCGarfield32 min
Jul 22, 1:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCIron117 min
Jul 22, 1:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCKane45 min
Jul 22, 2:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBeaver30 min
Jul 22, 2:13 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Kane3 hr
Jul 22, 2:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBeaver32 min
Jul 22, 2:34 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCKane, Washington3 hr
Jul 22, 2:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCBeaver2 hr
Jul 22, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington32 min
Jul 22, 3:08 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Wayne3 hr
Jul 22, 3:14 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Kane5 hr
Jul 22, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington46 min
Jul 22, 3:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield
Jul 22, 3:46 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Kane7 hr
Jul 22, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCIron28 min
Jul 22, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder30 min
Jul 22, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCIron32 min
Jul 22, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington27 min
Jul 22, 5:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC39 min
Jul 22, 5:58 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCUtah3 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.