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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 1, 2021Davis County, Salt Lake County, Tooele County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 6:47 PM MDT for Davis County, Salt Lake County, Tooele County, Utah. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 1, 2021, 6:47 PM MDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Davis County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT, Tooele County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 1, 6:50 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 624 Nne Lake Pt, UT

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

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 336 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
336 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

818 
WUUS55 KSLC 020047
SVRSLC
UTC011-035-045-020130-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0059.210802T0047Z-210802T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
647 PM MDT Sun Aug 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Salt Lake County in northern Utah...
  Davis County in northern Utah...
  East central Tooele County in northern Utah...

* Until 730 PM MDT

* At 646 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest
  of Salt Lake City International Airport, or 13 miles northwest of
  West Valley City, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Layton, Bountiful, Farmington,
  Hill Air Force Base, Roy, Clearfield, Kaysville, Syracuse, Clinton,
  North Salt Lake, Centerville, Woods Cross, Riverdale, South Weber,
  West Bountiful, Uintah, Salt Lake City International Airport and
  Magna.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 15 between mile markers 307 and 338.
 Interstate 84 between mile markers 85 and 86.
 Interstate 80 in Utah between mile markers 97 and 119.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Wind damage with this storm will occur before any rain or lightning.
Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 4111 11185 4102 11184 4097 11178 4096 11182
      4087 11176 4085 11171 4082 11170 4063 11226
      4085 11242 4116 11207 4115 11197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 220DEG 31KT 4086 11213 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LC
1 follow-up statement
955 
WWUS55 KSLC 020113
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
713 PM MDT Sun Aug 1 2021

UTC011-035-045-020130-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210802T0130Z/
Salt Lake UT-Davis UT-Tooele UT-
713 PM MDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SALT LAKE...DAVIS AND EAST CENTRAL TOOELE
COUNTIES...

At 712 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kaysville, or
near Layton, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Layton, Bountiful, Farmington, Hill
Air Force Base, Roy, Clearfield, Kaysville, Syracuse, Clinton, North
Salt Lake, Centerville, Woods Cross, Riverdale, South Weber, West
Bountiful, Uintah, Salt Lake City International Airport and Magna.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 15 between mile markers 307 and 338.
 Interstate 84 between mile markers 85 and 86.
 Interstate 80 in Utah between mile markers 97 and 119.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Wind damage with this storm will occur before any rain or lightning.
Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 4111 11185 4102 11184 4097 11178 4096 11182
      4087 11176 4085 11171 4082 11170 4063 11226
      4085 11242 4116 11207 4115 11197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 220DEG 31KT 4103 11194 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:01 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCEmery, Garfield, Wayne3 hr
Aug 1, 6:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder, Tooele51 min
Aug 1, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder43 min
Aug 1, 6:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCTooele3 hr
Aug 1, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSalt Lake39 min
Aug 1, 7:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCSalt Lake3 hr
Aug 1, 7:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCGarfield, Iron113 min
Aug 1, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Salt Lake35 min
Aug 1, 7:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCSalt Lake3 hr
Aug 1, 7:58 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCDavis3 hr
Aug 1, 8:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCDavis3 hr
Aug 1, 8:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCUtah114 min
Aug 1, 9:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCDavis, Weber3 hr
Aug 2, 2:04 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchSLCBeaver, Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Davis, Duchesne and 19 more18 hr
Aug 2, 1:16 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCCarbon3 hr
Aug 2, 1:27 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCEmery3 hr
Aug 2, 2:30 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCWayne4 hr
Aug 2, 2:56 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Wayne3 hr
Aug 2, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield66 min
Aug 2, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCEmery43 min
Aug 2, 3:52 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield4 hr
Aug 2, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab45 min
Aug 2, 4:14 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, San Juan3 hr
Aug 2, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC50 min
Aug 2, 4:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC50 min
Aug 2, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.