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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 19, 2021Carbon County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2021, 1:25 PM MDT for Carbon County, Utah. 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 19, 2021, 1:25 PM MDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2021, 2:15 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
50

County Carbon County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 212 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2021-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

957 
WWUS85 KSLC 191925
SPSSLC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
125 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021
 
UTZ111-113-117-118-120-121-192015-
Sanpete Valley UT-San Rafael Swell UT-Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs UT-
Castle Country UT-Central Mountains UT-Wasatch Mountains South of I-
80 UT-
125 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern
Sanpete...east central Juab...northwestern Emery...western Carbon...
southeastern Wasatch...southwestern Duchesne and southeastern Utah
Counties through 215 PM MDT...

At 124 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 13 miles southeast of Woodland Hills to 9 miles
southwest of Scofield to 15 miles northwest of Clawson. Movement was
northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible. 

Locations impacted include...
Price, Helper, Huntington, Wellington, Scofield, Fairview, Cleveland,
Elmo, Hiawatha, Castle Gate, Coal City, Clear Creek, Indianola,
Colton, Milburn, Kenilworth, Wattis and Soldier Summit.

This includes the following highways...
 US Route 6 between mile markers 209 and 258.
 US Route 89 between mile markers 284 and 300.
 Utah Route 10 between mile markers 45 and 68.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3998 11085 3986 11053 3937 11054 3922 11137
      3958 11139 3983 11169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 247DEG 36KT 3983 11155 3963 11128 3930 11127 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Church

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 7:43 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCKane4 hr
Aug 18, 8:01 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield3 hr
Aug 18, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCIron44 min
Aug 18, 9:39 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCIron, Washington3 hr
Aug 18, 9:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCIron5 min
Aug 18, 9:53 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCIron3 hr
Aug 18, 10:07 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCIron3 hr
Aug 18, 11:11 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCKane, Washington5 hr
Aug 19, 1:43 AM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Wayne3 hr
Aug 19, 2:03 AM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Kane, San Juan6 hr
Aug 19, 2:31 AM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCKane3 hr
Aug 19, 3:50 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLC25 min
Aug 19, 9:39 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCKane36 min
Aug 19, 10:16 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningSLCDuchesne4 hr
Aug 19, 10:54 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCJuab51 min
Aug 19, 11:15 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCMillard2 hr
Aug 19, 11:42 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSanpete48 min
Aug 19, 12:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCSanpete46 min
Aug 19, 12:49 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatSLCGarfield, Wayne3 hr
Aug 19, 1:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCUtah56 min
Aug 19, 2:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCCarbon, Duchesne63 min
Aug 19, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDuchesne61 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.