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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 17, 2021Sevier County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2021, 3:29 PM MDT for Sevier County, Utah. It was in force for 46 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
Aug 17, 2021, 3:29 PM MDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sevier County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 2021-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

681 
WUUS55 KSLC 172129
SVRSLC
UTC041-172215-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0069.210817T2129Z-210817T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
329 PM MDT Tue Aug 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

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

* Until 415 PM MDT

* At 329 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
  of Koosharem, or 12 miles southeast of Richfield, moving north at
  15 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...
  Richfield, Monroe, Annabella, Glenwood and Burrville. 

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 70 between mile markers 36 and 42.
 Utah Route 24 between mile markers 16 and 34.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3852 11184 3854 11209 3881 11214 3883 11192
      3879 11175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 186DEG 13KT 3861 11196 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Church
2 follow-up statements
328 
WWUS55 KSLC 172152
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
352 PM MDT Tue Aug 17 2021

UTC041-172215-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210817T2215Z/
Sevier UT-
352 PM MDT Tue Aug 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SEVIER COUNTY...

At 352 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Annabella, or 8
miles southeast of Richfield, moving north at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Glenwood and Burrville. 

This includes Utah Route 24 between mile markers 16 and 33.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3855 11183 3856 11203 3882 11204 3883 11192
      3879 11175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 186DEG 13KT 3869 11195 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Church
310 
WWUS55 KSLC 172208
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
408 PM MDT Tue Aug 17 2021

UTC041-172218-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210817T2215Z/
Sevier UT-
408 PM MDT Tue Aug 17 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SEVIER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 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 heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3855 11183 3856 11203 3882 11204 3883 11192
      3879 11175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 186DEG 13KT 3874 11194 

$$

Church

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 1:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCKane44 min
Aug 17, 1:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield, Kane20 min
Aug 17, 2:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBeaver, Garfield, Piute52 min
Aug 17, 2:50 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield3 hr
Aug 17, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab31 min
Aug 17, 3:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCTooele25 min
Aug 17, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCTooele24 min
Aug 17, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSLCTooele48 min
Aug 17, 4:18 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCEmery, Wayne3 hr
Aug 17, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCTooele46 min
Aug 17, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSLCMillard66 min
Aug 17, 4:53 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield3 hr
Aug 17, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield24 min
Aug 17, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Salt Lake, Tooele30 min
Aug 17, 5:10 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCKane4 hr
Aug 17, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCTooele63 min
Aug 17, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSLCDavis, Salt Lake45 min
Aug 17, 5:37 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Kane6 hr
Aug 17, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCMillard50 min
Aug 17, 5:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSanpete27 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.