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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 31, 2021Box Elder County, Cache County, Weber County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2021, 3:16 PM MDT for Box Elder County, Cache County, Weber County, Utah. It was in force for 29 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 31, 2021, 3:16 PM MDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Box Elder County, UT, Cache County, UT, Weber County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2021-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 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 2021-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

266 
WUUS55 KSLC 312116
SVRSLC
UTC003-005-057-312145-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0052.210731T2116Z-210731T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
316 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Weber County in northern Utah...
  Southwestern Cache County in northern Utah...
  East central Box Elder County in northern Utah...

* Until 345 PM MDT

* At 316 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mantua, or 8
  miles east of Brigham City, moving southwest at 5 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...
  Brigham City, North Ogden, Perry, Mantua, Paradise, Avon, Mantua
  Reservoir and Liberty.

This includes Interstate 15 between mile markers 366 and 367.
 
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 4160 11180 4144 11170 4131 11193 4156 11208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 065DEG 5KT 4150 11184 

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

ND
2 follow-up statements
958 
WWUS55 KSLC 312129
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
329 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

UTC003-005-057-312145-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210731T2145Z/
Weber UT-Cache UT-Box Elder UT-
329 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN WEBER...SOUTHWESTERN CACHE AND EAST CENTRAL BOX ELDER
COUNTIES...

At 328 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mantua, or 7
miles east of Brigham City, moving southwest at 5 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...
Brigham City, Perry, Mantua, Paradise, Avon and Mantua Reservoir. 

This includes Interstate 15 between mile markers 366 and 367.
 
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 4160 11180 4147 11173 4139 11197 4156 11208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 065DEG 5KT 4149 11186 

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

ND
479 
WWUS55 KSLC 312140
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
340 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

UTC003-005-057-312149-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210731T2145Z/
Weber UT-Cache UT-Box Elder UT-
340 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WEBER...SOUTHWESTERN
CACHE AND EAST CENTRAL BOX ELDER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 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 small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4160 11180 4147 11173 4139 11197 4156 11208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 065DEG 5KT 4148 11187 

$$

ND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBeaver43 min
Jul 30, 7:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC44 min
Jul 31, 12:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSummit44 min
Jul 31, 1:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCIron33 min
Jul 31, 1:23 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCDuchesne, Wasatch3 hr
Jul 31, 1:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCIron, Washington30 min
Jul 31, 1:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCMorgan36 min
Jul 31, 2:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCMorgan50 min
Jul 31, 2:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCMorgan37 min
Jul 31, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCMorgan, Rich, Summit28 min
Jul 31, 2:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCRich23 min
Jul 31, 3:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCIron107 min
Jul 31, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCMorgan20 min
Jul 31, 3:35 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCIron3 hr
Jul 31, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCCache19 min
Jul 31, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCIron30 min
Jul 31, 4:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBeaver24 min
Jul 31, 4:10 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCUtah3 hr
Jul 31, 4:19 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCDuchesne3 hr
Jul 31, 4:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCRich66 min
Jul 31, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC29 min
Jul 31, 5:11 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCWashington3 hr
Jul 31, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab35 min
Jul 31, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington38 min
Jul 31, 5:39 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCKane, Washington5 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.