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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 21, 2021Sanpete County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2021, 3:13 PM MDT for Sanpete 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
Jul 21, 2021, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

County Sanpete County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2021-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

804 
WWUS85 KSLC 212113
SPSSLC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
313 PM MDT Wed Jul 21 2021
 
UTZ115>117-212145-
Western Millard and Juab Counties UT-Central Mountains UT-
Eastern Juab/Millard Counties UT-
313 PM MDT Wed Jul 21 2021

...GUSTY WINDS CREATED FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN 
MILLARD AND SOUTHEASTERN JUAB COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT...

At 312 PM MDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm 19 miles north of Scipio...moving northeast at 20
mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible.

Locations impacted include...
Nephi, Leamington, Lynndyl, Mills, Little Sahara State Park and
Jericho.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 15 between mile markers 196 and 225.
 US Route 6 between mile markers 98 and 126.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Strong winds with these showers may occur well ahead of any rain. Do
not wait for rain or the sound of thunder before taking cover. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3934 11207 3944 11249 3979 11228 3971 11179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 212DEG 17KT 3952 11217 

$$

ND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 1:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSevier30 min
Jul 21, 3:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCPiute29 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.