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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 25, 2021Washington County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2021, 5:26 PM MDT for Washington County, Utah. It was in force for 19 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 25, 2021, 5:26 PM MDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Washington County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2021-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 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 2021-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-248 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

209 
WUUS55 KSLC 252326
SVRSLC
UTC053-252345-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0035.210725T2326Z-210725T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
526 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Washington County in southwestern Utah...

* Until 545 PM MDT

* At 524 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 11 miles north of Dameron Valley to near New
  Harmony, moving southwest 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...
  New Harmony, Dameron Valley, Pine Valley, Gunlock and Veyo. 

This includes Utah Route 18 between mile markers 15 and 33.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3729 11389 3724 11337 3748 11324 3752 11377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 032DEG 25KT 3746 11373 3742 11339 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ND
1 follow-up statement
631 
WWUS55 KSLC 252335
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
535 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

UTC053-252345-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210725T2345Z/
Washington UT-
535 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

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

At 534 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles northwest of Dameron Valley to 9 miles
southwest of New Harmony, moving southwest 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...
New Harmony, Dameron Valley, Pine Valley, Gunlock and Veyo. 

This includes Utah Route 18 between mile markers 15 and 33.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3729 11389 3724 11337 3748 11324 3752 11377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 032DEG 25KT 3741 11377 3737 11343 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCGarfield28 min
Jul 24, 8:08 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Kane3 hr
Jul 25, 2:25 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCIron3 hr
Jul 25, 2:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCPiute26 min
Jul 25, 2:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBeaver37 min
Jul 25, 3:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCPiute34 min
Jul 25, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSevier27 min
Jul 25, 3:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCIron27 min
Jul 25, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCIron26 min
Jul 25, 4:11 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCIron3 hr
Jul 25, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington24 min
Jul 25, 4:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCIron3 hr
Jul 25, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington19 min
Jul 25, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCIron49 min
Jul 25, 4:52 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCIron, Kane, Washington4 hr
Jul 25, 5:16 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCWashington3 hr
Jul 25, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington33 min
Jul 25, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington31 min
Jul 25, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington23 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.