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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 19, 2021Carbon County, Duchesne County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2021, 2:12 PM MDT for Carbon County, Duchesne County, Utah. It was in force for 63 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, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2021, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
55

Counties Carbon County, UT, Duchesne County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 204 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

711 
WWUS85 KSLC 192012
SPSSLC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
212 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021
 
UTZ112>114-120-192115-
Western Uinta Basin UT-Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs UT-
Castle Country UT-Western Uinta Mountains UT-
212 PM MDT Thu Aug 19 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of western Carbon...
southeastern Wasatch...southwestern Duchesne and southeastern Utah
Counties through 315 PM MDT...

At 211 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 15 miles southwest of Fruitland to 14 miles
north of Helper to Price. Movement was northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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, Duchesne, Helper, Wellington, Starvation Reservoir, Fruitland,
Castle Gate, Kenilworth, Talmage, Utahn and Strawberry Reservoir.

This includes the following highways...
 US Route 6 near mile marker 211, and between mile markers 219 and
253.
 US Route 40 between mile markers 56 and 94.
 Utah Route 10 between mile markers 61 and 68.
 Utah Route 35 between mile markers 45 and 62.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4042 11051 4023 11025 3960 11034 3947 11093
      3984 11099 4007 11121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 233DEG 30KT 4008 11105 3990 11091 3959 11085 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 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, 1:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCCarbon50 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.