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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

June 4, 2021Box Elder County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2021, 4:42 PM MDT for Box Elder County, Utah. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 4, 2021, 4:42 PM MDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Box Elder County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-432 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

566 
WUUS55 KSLC 042242
SVRSLC
UTC003-042315-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0007.210604T2242Z-210604T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
442 PM MDT Fri Jun 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Box Elder County in northern Utah...

* Until 515 PM MDT

* At 442 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles southeast
  of Almo, or 22 miles south of Malta, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Standrod.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4185 11314 4190 11353 4199 11353 4200 11314
      4199 11313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 271DEG 15KT 4199 11344 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MT
2 follow-up statements
301 
WWUS55 KSLC 042259
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
459 PM MDT Fri Jun 4 2021

UTC003-042315-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210604T2315Z/
Box Elder UT-
459 PM MDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BOX ELDER COUNTY...

At 458 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles north of
Park Valley, or 22 miles south of Malta, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Standrod.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4185 11314 4190 11353 4199 11353 4200 11314
      4199 11313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 271DEG 15KT 4199 11335 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MT
914 
WWUS55 KSLC 042314
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
514 PM MDT Fri Jun 4 2021

UTC003-042324-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210604T2315Z/
Box Elder UT-
514 PM MDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BOX ELDER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Salt Lake City.

LAT...LON 4185 11314 4190 11353 4199 11353 4200 11314
      4199 11313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 271DEG 15KT 4199 11327 

$$

MT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:33 AM MDTFire Weather WatchSLCBeaver, Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Iron and 7 more25 hr
Jun 4, 2:33 AM MDTRed Flag WarningSLCCarbon, Duchesne, Emery, Juab, Millard, Sanpete7 days
Jun 4, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder39 min
Jun 4, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC41 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.