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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 24, 2021Washington County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2021, 4:30 PM MDT for Washington 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
Jul 24, 2021, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Washington County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 335 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, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

325 
WUUS55 KSLC 242230
SVRSLC
UTC053-242300-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0033.210724T2230Z-210724T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
430 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Washington County in southwestern Utah...

* Until 500 PM MDT

* At 430 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles southwest
  of Gunlock State Park, or 17 miles northwest of Virgin River Gorge,
  moving southwest at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  west central Washington County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3726 11394 3713 11386 3700 11404 3701 11405
      3722 11406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 060DEG 18KT 3716 11396 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Webber
2 follow-up statements
071 
WWUS55 KSLC 242246
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
446 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

UTC053-242300-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210724T2300Z/
Washington UT-
446 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...

At 446 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles northwest
of Beaver Dam, moving southwest at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
western Washington County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3725 11396 3711 11389 3700 11404 3701 11405
      3722 11406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 060DEG 18KT 3712 11405 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Webber
280 
WWUS55 KSLC 242306
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
506 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

UTC053-242316-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210724T2300Z/
Washington UT-
506 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3725 11396 3711 11389 3700 11404 3701 11405
      3722 11406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 060DEG 18KT 3708 11414 

$$

Webber

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 6:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCWashington61 min
Jul 24, 3:23 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchSLCBeaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Piute, Washington and 1 more42 hr
Jul 24, 12:56 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCKane3 hr
Jul 24, 12:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCKane32 min
Jul 24, 1:34 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Kane4 hr
Jul 24, 2:13 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCWashington3 hr
Jul 24, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington21 min
Jul 24, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington29 min
Jul 24, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCIron, Washington35 min
Jul 24, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington26 min
Jul 24, 4:07 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCKane, Washington3 hr
Jul 24, 4:12 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCIron, Washington3 hr
Jul 24, 5:24 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCWashington3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.