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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 21, 2021Duchesne County, Summit County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2021, 8:19 PM MDT for Duchesne County, Summit County, Utah. It was in force for 26 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 21, 2021, 8:19 PM MDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2021, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Duchesne County, UT, Summit County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

664 
WUUS55 KSLC 220219
SVRSLC
UTC013-043-220245-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0094.210822T0219Z-210822T0245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Duchesne County in northern Utah...
  East central Summit County in northern Utah...

* Until 845 PM MDT

* At 819 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 21 miles northwest
  of Whiterocks, moving northeast at 35 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. 

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Duchesne and east central Summit Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4064 11016 4076 11029 4097 11000 4082 11000
      4080 10998 4071 10998
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 232DEG 31KT 4074 11015 

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

$$

Webber
1 follow-up statement
556 
WWUS55 KSLC 220235
SVSSLC

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

UTC013-043-220245-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-210822T0245Z/
Duchesne UT-Summit UT-
835 PM MDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DUCHESNE AND EAST
CENTRAL SUMMIT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 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 4064 11016 4076 11029 4097 11000 4082 11000
      4080 10998 4071 10998
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 232DEG 31KT 4082 11002 

$$

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, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCCache, Rich61 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, 8:32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.