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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 26, 2021Emery County, Wayne County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2021, 3:13 PM MDT for Emery County, Wayne County, Utah. It was in force for 32 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 26, 2021, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Emery County, UT, Wayne County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 217 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-26Temperature 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -78 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3119 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

824 
WUUS55 KSLC 262113
SVRSLC
UTC015-055-262145-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SV.W.0097.210826T2113Z-210826T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
313 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Wayne County in southern Utah...
  South central Emery County in central Utah...

* Until 345 PM MDT

* At 312 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hanksville,
  moving northeast at 25 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...
  Hanksville.

This includes the following highways...
 Utah Route 24 between mile markers 113 and 125.
 Utah Route 95 between mile markers 0 and 12.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3819 11066 3844 11081 3860 11036 3831 11019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 247DEG 20KT 3836 11062 

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

$$

MT
2 follow-up statements
302 
WWUS55 KSLC 262129
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
329 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

UTC015-055-262145-
/O.CON.KSLC.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-210826T2145Z/
Wayne UT-Emery UT-
329 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT
FOR EASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTH CENTRAL EMERY COUNTIES...

At 329 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles east of
Hanksville, moving northeast at 25 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...
Hanksville.

This includes the following highways...
 Utah Route 24 between mile markers 113 and 125.
 Utah Route 95 between mile markers 0 and 12.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3819 11066 3844 11081 3860 11036 3831 11019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 247DEG 20KT 3840 11051 

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

$$

MT
929 
WWUS55 KSLC 262142
SVSSLC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
342 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

UTC015-055-262152-
/O.EXP.KSLC.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-210826T2145Z/
Wayne UT-Emery UT-
342 PM MDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL EMERY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 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.

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 3819 11066 3844 11081 3860 11036 3831 11019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 247DEG 20KT 3842 11046 

$$

MT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 6:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCUtah28 min
Aug 25, 6:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSalt Lake30 min
Aug 25, 6:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWasatch27 min
Aug 25, 7:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCUtah36 min
Aug 25, 10:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSalt Lake35 min
Aug 26, 1:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDuchesne37 min
Aug 26, 2:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWayne33 min
Aug 26, 2:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCEmery, Wayne25 min
Aug 26, 3:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCEmery45 min
Aug 26, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCEmery36 min
Aug 26, 3:28 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCEmery, Wayne3 hr
Aug 26, 3:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCEmery31 min
Aug 26, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC26 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.