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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 25, 2021Washington County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2021, 4:21 PM MDT for Washington County, Utah. It was in force for 24 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 25, 2021, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

County Washington County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Las Vegas, NV (KVEF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 253 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, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 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, Las Vegas, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-248 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

318 
WWUS85 KSLC 252221
SPSSLC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
421 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021
 
UTZ122-124-125-252245-
Southwest Utah UT-Southern Mountains UT-Zion National Park UT-
421 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...
NORTHWESTERN KANE AND SOUTH CENTRAL IRON COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

At 420 PM MDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm 9 miles south of Cedar City...moving southwest at
35 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts to 55 mph will be possible.

Locations impacted include...
Cedar City, Zion National Park, New Harmony, Kanarraville, Hamilton
Fort and Kolob Canyon.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 15 between mile markers 38 and 59.
 Utah Route 56 between mile markers 60 and 61.

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 3770 11308 3753 11287 3732 11310 3750 11334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 042DEG 30KT 3754 11303 

$$

ND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCGarfield28 min
Jul 24, 8:08 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Kane3 hr
Jul 25, 2:25 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCIron3 hr
Jul 25, 2:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCPiute26 min
Jul 25, 2:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBeaver37 min
Jul 25, 3:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCPiute34 min
Jul 25, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSevier27 min
Jul 25, 3:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCIron27 min
Jul 25, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCIron26 min
Jul 25, 4:11 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCIron3 hr
Jul 25, 4:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCIron3 hr
Jul 25, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington19 min
Jul 25, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCIron49 min
Jul 25, 4:52 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCIron, Kane, Washington4 hr
Jul 25, 5:16 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCWashington3 hr
Jul 25, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington19 min
Jul 25, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWashington33 min
Jul 25, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington31 min
Jul 25, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington23 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.