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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 2, 2021

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 4:55 PM MDT. It was in force for 50 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
Aug 2, 2021, 4:55 PM MDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

859 
WWUS85 KSLC 022255
SPSSLC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
455 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021
 
UTZ130-131-022345-
Western Canyonlands UT-Glen Canyon Recreation Area/Lake Powell UT-
455 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GARFIELD...CENTRAL
SAN JUAN AND EASTERN KANE COUNTIES INCLUDING LAKE POWELL UNTIL 545 PM
MDT...

At 455 PM MDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near Ticaboo, or 51 miles northwest of Mexican
Hat...moving southeast at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts in excess of 50 mph will be possible.

Locations impacted include...
Ticaboo and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. 

This storm will be capable of producing winds of 50 mph or greater on
Lake Powell. This will lead to a sudden increase in waves and very
choppy waters which will result in hazardous boating conditions.
Boaters are urged to seek safe harbor if possible.

This includes Utah Route 276 between mile markers 32 and 34.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Boaters on Lake Powell should seek safe harbor immediately until the
winds subside.

&&

LAT...LON 3762 11047 3761 11053 3745 11054 3745 11057
      3758 11076 3773 11063 3766 11044 3764 11044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 303DEG 13KT 3762 11062 

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:01 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCEmery, Garfield, Wayne3 hr
Aug 1, 6:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder, Tooele51 min
Aug 1, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder43 min
Aug 1, 6:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCTooele3 hr
Aug 1, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSalt Lake39 min
Aug 1, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Salt Lake, Tooele43 min
Aug 1, 7:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCSalt Lake3 hr
Aug 1, 7:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCGarfield, Iron113 min
Aug 1, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Salt Lake35 min
Aug 1, 7:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCSalt Lake3 hr
Aug 1, 7:58 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCDavis3 hr
Aug 1, 8:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCDavis3 hr
Aug 1, 8:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCUtah114 min
Aug 1, 9:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCDavis, Weber3 hr
Aug 2, 2:04 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchSLCBeaver, Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Davis, Duchesne and 19 more18 hr
Aug 2, 1:16 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCCarbon3 hr
Aug 2, 1:27 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCEmery3 hr
Aug 2, 2:30 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCWayne4 hr
Aug 2, 2:56 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Wayne3 hr
Aug 2, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCGarfield66 min
Aug 2, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCEmery43 min
Aug 2, 3:52 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield4 hr
Aug 2, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab45 min
Aug 2, 4:14 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, San Juan3 hr
Aug 2, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC50 min
Aug 2, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder38 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.