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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 29, 2021Piute County, Sevier County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2021, 4:54 PM MDT for Piute County, Sevier County, Utah. It was in force for 36 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 29, 2021, 4:54 PM MDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Piute County, UT, Sevier County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 258 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2021-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2021-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

553 
WUUS55 KSLC 292254
SVRSLC
UTC031-041-292330-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0047.210729T2254Z-210729T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
454 PM MDT Thu Jul 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Piute County in central Utah...
  South central Sevier County in central Utah...

* Until 530 PM MDT

* At 453 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest
  of Koosharem, or 17 miles northeast of Junction, moving north at 20
  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...
  Monroe, Koosharem, Burrville and Greenwich. 

This includes Utah Route 24 near mile marker 30.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3835 11188 3834 11207 3862 11218 3865 11184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 174DEG 17KT 3840 11199 

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

ND
2 follow-up statements
176 
WWUS55 KSLC 292310
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
510 PM MDT Thu Jul 29 2021

UTC031-041-292330-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-210729T2330Z/
Piute UT-Sevier UT-
510 PM MDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PIUTE AND SOUTH CENTRAL SEVIER COUNTIES...

At 509 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Koosharem, or
20 miles south of Richfield, moving north at 20 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...
Monroe, Koosharem, Burrville and Greenwich. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3838 11188 3837 11208 3862 11218 3865 11184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 174DEG 17KT 3848 11200 

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

ND
900 
WWUS55 KSLC 292324
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
524 PM MDT Thu Jul 29 2021

UTC031-041-292334-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-210729T2330Z/
Piute UT-Sevier UT-
524 PM MDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIUTE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SEVIER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3838 11188 3837 11208 3862 11218 3865 11184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 174DEG 17KT 3854 11201 

$$

ND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 7:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele49 min
Jul 28, 9:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis83 min
Jul 29, 2:38 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchSLCEmery, Garfield, Kane, San Juan, Sevier, Washington and 1 more21 hr
Jul 29, 1:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCIron20 min
Jul 29, 2:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCIron, Washington30 min
Jul 29, 2:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCPiute28 min
Jul 29, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBeaver34 min
Jul 29, 2:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBeaver, Iron36 min
Jul 29, 2:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCBeaver115 min
Jul 29, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBeaver32 min
Jul 29, 3:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCIron27 min
Jul 29, 3:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCMillard36 min
Jul 29, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC34 min
Jul 29, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab23 min
Jul 29, 4:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCGarfield23 min
Jul 29, 4:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield, Iron27 min
Jul 29, 5:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCGarfield27 min
Jul 29, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield33 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.