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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 24, 2021Kane County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 12:58 PM MDT for Kane 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 24, 2021, 12:58 PM MDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 1:30 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

County Kane County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 266 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 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 Jul 24, 9:39 AM MDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 9:39 AM MDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 6:07 AM MDT, 6 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
607 AM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

UTZ101>131-WYZ021-251300-
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-
607 AM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the western two thirds of
Utah and southwest Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms capable of producing heavy rain, gusty
winds, and small hail will once again occur this afternoon and
evening. The strongest storms are expected across southwest Utah
where a potential for flash flooding exists, especially in prone
areas such as slot canyons, burn scars, areas of steep terrain,
and normally dry washes and streams.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Daily showers and thunderstorms capable of heavy rain, gusty
winds and small hail will occur each afternoon and evening over
mainly southern Utah on Sunday before spreading north into central
Utah on Monday and northern Utah by Tuesday.

.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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 6:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCWashington61 min
Jul 24, 3:23 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchSLCBeaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Piute, Washington and 1 more42 hr
Jul 24, 12:56 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCKane3 hr
Jul 24, 1:34 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Kane4 hr
Jul 24, 2:13 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCWashington3 hr
Jul 24, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington21 min
Jul 24, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington29 min
Jul 24, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCIron, Washington35 min
Jul 24, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington26 min
Jul 24, 4:07 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCKane, Washington3 hr
Jul 24, 4:12 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCIron, Washington3 hr
Jul 24, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington30 min
Jul 24, 5:24 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCWashington3 hr

Nearby

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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.