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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 2, 2021Box Elder County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 5:22 PM MDT for Box Elder County, Utah. It was in force for 38 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, 5:22 PM MDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

County Box Elder County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 114 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 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

206 
WWUS85 KSLC 022322
SPSSLC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
522 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021
 
UTZ101-103-030000-
Eastern Box Elder County UT-Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains UT-
522 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL BOX ELDER COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM MDT...

At 521 PM MDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near Juniper, or 11 miles west of Snowville. This
storm was nearly stationary.

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

Locations impacted include...
Curlew Junction.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 84 between mile markers 0 and 3.
 Utah Route 30 between mile markers 74 and 89.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

This storm is capable of producing a significant amount of hail. Hail
may accumulate on area roads resulting in dangerous travel
conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 4181 11284 4196 11309 4200 11306 4200 11277
      4199 11276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 281DEG 3KT 4198 11293 

$$

Church

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, 4:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC50 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.