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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 5, 2021Weber County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2021, 10:33 PM MDT for Weber County, Utah. It was in force for 27 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 5, 2021, 10:33 PM MDT (04:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2021, 11:00 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Weber County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 154 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

420 
WWUS85 KSLC 060433
SPSSLC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1033 PM MDT Thu Aug 5 2021
 
UTZ103-104-107-108-110-060500-
Eastern Box Elder County UT-Wasatch Back UT-
Northern Wasatch Front UT-Wasatch Mountains I-80 North UT-
Cache Valley/Utah Portion UT-
1033 PM MDT Thu Aug 5 2021

...Showers capable of producing strong gusty winds will impact 
portions of central Weber... southwestern Cache...east central Box 
Elder...northeastern Davis and southwestern Morgan Counties through 
1100 PM MDT...

At 1033 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking showers with a history of 
producing strong gust winds along a line extending from Brigham City 
to near Morgan. Movement was east at 20 mph. Wind gusts in excess of 
40 mph have been observed with these showers. 

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. 

Locations impacted include...
Ogden, Layton, Farmington, Brigham City, Morgan, Hill Air Force Base,
Roy, Clearfield, Kaysville, Clinton, North Ogden, South Ogden,
Centerville, Washington Terrace, Riverdale, Hyrum, South Weber,
Perry, Wellsville and Willard.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 15 between mile markers 320 and 371.
 Interstate 84 between mile markers 82 and 105.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4169 11179 4091 11161 4092 11195 4158 11223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 262DEG 18KT 4154 11200 4101 11177 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

MT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 6:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCBox Elder, Tooele48 min
Aug 5, 7:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis, Salt Lake39 min
Aug 5, 9:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis, Weber40 min
Aug 5, 10:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCRich33 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.