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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 21, 2021Cache County, Rich County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2021, 6:29 PM MDT for Cache County, Rich County, Utah. It was in force for 61 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 21, 2021, 6:29 PM MDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cache County, UT, Rich County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 21, 6:57 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 595 Sse Laketown, UTMEASURED AT THE OTTER CREEK RAWS SITE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2021-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 422 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
422 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted.

361 
WUUS55 KSLC 220029
SVRSLC
UTC005-033-220130-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0090.210822T0029Z-210822T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
629 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Cache County in northern Utah...
  Northern Rich County in northern Utah...

* Until 730 PM MDT

* At 629 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Franklin to 12 miles east of Hyrum, moving
  northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Logan, Laketown, Smithfield, Lewiston, Garden City, Trenton,
  Garden, Utah State University, Bear Lake, Benson, North Logan,
  Providence, Hyde Park, Richmond, Millville, River Heights, Amalga,
  Cornish, Beaver Mountain and Meadowville.

This includes the following highways...
 US Route 89 between mile markers 459 and 502.
 Utah Route 30 between mile markers 110 and 135.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4171 11105 4162 11175 4200 11210 4200 11105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 227DEG 45KT 4197 11178 4164 11161 

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

$$

Webber
3 follow-up statements
451 
WWUS55 KSLC 220043
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
643 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

UTC005-033-220130-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210822T0130Z/
Cache UT-Rich UT-
643 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CACHE AND NORTHERN RICH COUNTIES...

At 640 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles east of Franklin to 11 miles southwest of
Laketown, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. The greatest 
         threat for hail exists in eastern Cache County and northern 
         Rich County.

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Logan, Laketown, Smithfield, Lewiston, Garden City, Trenton, Garden,
Utah State University, Bear Lake, Benson, North Logan, Providence,
Hyde Park, Richmond, Millville, River Heights, Amalga, Cornish,
Beaver Mountain and Meadowville.

This includes the following highways...
 US Route 89 between mile markers 459 and 502.
 Utah Route 30 between mile markers 110 and 135.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4171 11105 4162 11175 4200 11210 4200 11105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 270DEG 45KT 4205 11166 4172 11149 

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

$$

Webber
198 
WWUS55 KSLC 220048
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
648 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

UTC005-033-220130-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210822T0130Z/
Cache UT-Rich UT-
648 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CACHE AND NORTHERN RICH COUNTIES...

At 647 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Laketown,
moving northeast at 45 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...
Laketown, Garden City, Garden, Bear Lake, Meadowville, Pickelville,
Beaver Mountain and Lakota.

This includes the following highways...
 US Route 89 between mile markers 478 and 502.
 Utah Route 30 between mile markers 110 and 135.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4165 11149 4200 11167 4200 11105 4171 11105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 245DEG 40KT 4179 11141 

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

$$

Webber
710 
WWUS55 KSLC 220121
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
721 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

UTC005-033-220130-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210822T0130Z/
Cache UT-Rich UT-
721 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CACHE AND
NORTHERN RICH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4165 11149 4200 11167 4200 11105 4171 11105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 227DEG 45KT 4205 11104 

$$

Webber

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 6:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSLCBox Elder, Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake and 3 more39 min
Aug 21, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSLCBox Elder, Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake and 3 more50 min
Aug 21, 6:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCDavis, Weber2 hr
Aug 21, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSLCSummit37 min
Aug 21, 7:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSalt Lake37 min
Aug 21, 7:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCDavis, Morgan, Salt Lake, Summit117 min
Aug 21, 7:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSummit49 min
Aug 21, 7:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDuchesne41 min
Aug 21, 8:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSummit51 min
Aug 21, 8:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC31 min
Aug 21, 8:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDuchesne, Summit26 min
Aug 21, 8:32 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningSLCUtah3 hr
Aug 21, 9:59 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCSalt Lake91 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.