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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 4, 2021

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2021, 3:23 PM MDT. 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
Jul 4, 2021, 3:23 PM MDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 2021-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-300 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 4, 5:25 AM MDT, 9 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 5:25 AM MDT, 9 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 6:28 AM MDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
628 AM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

UTZ101>131-WYZ021-051300-
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-
628 AM MDT Sun Jul 4 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

Hot temperatures are expected across the area today, with
afternoon maxes near or above 100 degrees across many of the
lower valleys of both northern and southern Utah.

Gusty winds will be possible due to showers and thunderstorms
this afternoon and evening, especially across northern Utah.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Hot temperatures can be expected through much of the week.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected mainly across
the mountains, eastern Utah valleys, and southwest Wyoming on
Monday. Localized gusty winds and heavy rain will be possible
with the stronger storms.

.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, Jul 4, 3:23 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
323 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

UTZ101-042215-
Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains UT-
323 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL TOOELE COUNTY UNTIL
415 PM MDT...

At 322 PM MDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm 24 miles north of Ibapah, or 24 miles south of
Wendover...moving north at 35 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible.

Locations impacted include...
Wendover and Bonneville Salt Flats.

This includes Interstate 80 in Utah between mile markers 0 and 13.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4083 11405 4087 11404 4086 11376 4025 11393
      4028 11404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 183DEG 31KT 4038 11402

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC47 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.