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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

May 19, 2021Duchesne County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2021, 4:23 PM MDT for Duchesne County, Utah. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 19, 2021, 4:23 PM MDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

County Duchesne County, UT

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 217 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-19Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2021-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 19, 11:23 AM MDT, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 11:23 AM MDT, 5 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 5:13 AM MDT, 11 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
513 AM MDT Wed May 19 2021

UTZ101>131-WYZ021-201300-
Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains-Tooele and Rush Valleys-
Eastern Box Elder County-Northern Wasatch Front-Salt Lake Valley-
Utah Valley-Cache Valley/Utah Portion-Wasatch Back-
Bear Lake and Bear River Valley-Wasatch Mountains I-80 North-
Wasatch Mountains South of I-80-Western Uinta Mountains-
Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs-Western Uinta Basin-
Western Millard and Juab Counties-Eastern Juab/Millard Counties-
Central Mountains-Sanpete Valley-Sevier Valley-Castle Country-
San Rafael Swell-Southwest Utah-Lower Washington County-
Zion National Park-Southern Mountains-Upper Sevier River Valleys-
Bryce Canyon Country-South Central Utah-
Capitol Reef National Park and Vicinity-Western Canyonlands-
Glen Canyon Recreation Area/Lake Powell-Southwest Wyoming-
513 AM MDT Wed May 19 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Utah...
northern Utah...southern Utah...southwest Utah and southwest
Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Winds will increase this afternoon as an area of low pressure
approaches from the northwest. This will create hazardous fire
weather conditions for southern and southwest Utah. Isolated
showers and thunderstorms are expected across mainly northern
Utah this afternoon, with gusty outflow winds possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Southwesterly winds are expected to strengthen Thursday with
windy to very windy conditions developing by afternoon across
central and southern Utah. These winds may cause areas of blowing
dust and choppy conditions on area waterways. There is a potential
for similar conditions to linger into at least Saturday.
Hazardous fire weather conditions will continue through Friday due
to a continuation of strong winds and low humidity.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information
about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all
local, state, and CDC guidelines.

For more information from NOAA/s National Weather Service visit...
http://weather.gov/saltlakecity

For information on potential road travel impacts visit...
http://www.udottraffic.utah.gov/roadweatherforecast.aspx

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 4:23 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
423 PM MDT Wed May 19 2021

UTZ113-114-192245-
Western Uinta Basin UT-Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs UT-
423 PM MDT Wed May 19 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL DUCHESNE COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

At 422 PM MDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near Duchesne...moving northeast at 30 mph.

Strong microburst wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph will be possible.

Locations impacted include...
Roosevelt, Duchesne, Myton, Starvation Reservoir, Altamont, Upalco,
Arcadia, Talmage, Utahn and Bridgeland.

This includes the following highways...
 US Route 40 between mile markers 81 and 115.
 Utah Route 35 between mile markers 56 and 62.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If threatening weather approaches, take shelter in a sturdy building.

&&

LAT...LON 4004 11042 4011 11053 4037 11047 4036 10998
      4014 10998
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 233DEG 24KT 4012 11040

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 10:38 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningSLCBeaver, Iron, Juab, Millard, Washington34 hr
May 19, 10:38 AM MDTWind AdvisorySLCCarbon, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Iron, Juab and 7 more34 hr
May 19, 2:51 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchSLCCarbon, Emery, Garfield, Sevier, Wayne24 hr
May 19, 2:51 PM MDTWind AdvisorySLCBeaver, Box Elder, Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield and 14 more54 hr
May 19, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCUtah29 min
May 19, 5:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSalt Lake34 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.