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Snow Squall Warning 1, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

February 26, 2021Box Elder County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this snow squall warning at Feb 26, 2021, 4:38 PM MST for Box Elder County, Utah. It was in force for 52 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
Feb 26, 2021, 4:38 PM MST (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 2021, 5:30 PM MST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Box Elder County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2021-02-26Temperature 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 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 2021-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

032 
WWUS55 KSLC 262340
SQWSLC

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
438 PM MST Fri Feb 26 2021

UTC003-270030-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SQ.W.0001.210226T2338Z-210227T0030Z/
Box Elder UT-
438 PM MST Fri Feb 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a

* Snow Squall Warning for...
  Northwestern Box Elder County in northern Utah...

* Until 530 PM MST

* At 438 PM MST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line 
  extending from near Grouse Creek to near Juniper Idaho on I-84, 
  moving east-southeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Poor visibility in heavy snow and blowing snow. Wind 
           gusts greater than 30 mph. 

  SOURCE...Radar and webcams. 

  IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. 

* This includes the following highways...
   Interstate 84 between mile markers 1 and 12.
   Utah Route 30 between mile markers 1 and 90.

Locations impacted include...
Snowville, Park Valley, Etna, Standrod, Grouse Creek, Curlew
Junction, Lynn, Lucin, Rosette and Yost.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Reduce your speed and turn on headlights! During snow squalls, the
visibility may suddenly drop to near zero in whiteout conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 4199 11251 4116 11404 4199 11403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 277DEG 37KT 4230 11277 4190 11356 4117 11486 

$$

Church
1 follow-up statement
640 
WWUS55 KSLC 270013
SQWSLC

Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
512 PM MST Fri Feb 26 2021

UTC003-270030-
/O.CON.KSLC.SQ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210227T0030Z/
Box Elder UT-
512 PM MST Fri Feb 26 2021

...A SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MST FOR
NORTHWESTERN BOX ELDER COUNTY...

At 512 PM MST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line 
extending from near Montello Nevada to Park Valley to the Idaho 
Border on I-84, moving east-southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Poor visibility in snow and blowing snow. Wind gusts 
         greater than 30 mph. 

SOURCE...Radar and webcams. 

IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. 

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 84 between mile markers 1 and 12.
 Utah Route 30 between mile markers 1 and 90.

Locations impacted include...
Snowville, Park Valley, Etna, Standrod, Grouse Creek, Curlew
Junction, Lucin, Rosette and Yost.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Reduce your speed and turn on headlights! During snow squalls, the
visibility may suddenly drop to near zero in whiteout conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 4199 11251 4116 11404 4167 11403 4199 11352
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 277DEG 37KT 4226 11233 4186 11312 4113 11442 

$$

Church

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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.