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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

April 16, 2021Davis County, Weber County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2021, 2:53 PM MDT for Davis County, Weber County, Utah. It took effect at Apr 16, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2021, 2:53 PM MDT (20:53 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 17, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Counties Davis County, UT, Weber County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 2021-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2021-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

124 
WWUS75 KSLC 162053
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
253 PM MDT Fri Apr 16 2021

UTZ104-171300-
/O.NEW.KSLC.WI.Y.0016.210417T0300Z-210417T1800Z/
Northern Wasatch Front-
Including the cities of Ogden and Bountiful
253 PM MDT Fri Apr 16 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...East 25 to 35 mph with gusts in the 45 to 55 mph range.
  Isolated locations near the mouths of Weber and Farmington
  Canyons may be briefly gust higher than 55 mph.

* WHERE...Northern Wasatch Front.

* WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to noon MDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A 
  few power outages are possible.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Anticipate strong crosswind conditions
  along portions of I-15, the Legacy Parkway, and US-89.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit...
http://weather.gov/saltlakecity

For information on potential travel impacts visit...
http://udottraffic.utah.gov/roadweatherforecast.aspx
2 follow-up statements
372 
WWUS75 KSLC 170902
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
302 AM MDT Sat Apr 17 2021

UTZ104-171715-
/O.CON.KSLC.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-210417T1800Z/
Northern Wasatch Front-
Including the cities of Ogden and Bountiful
302 AM MDT Sat Apr 17 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...

* WHAT...East 25 to 35 mph with gusts in the 45 to 55 mph range.
  Isolated locations near the mouths of Weber and Farmington
  Canyons may be briefly gust higher than 55 mph.

* WHERE...Northern Wasatch Front.

* WHEN...Until noon MDT today.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A 
  few power outages are possible.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Anticipate strong crosswind conditions
  along portions of I-15, the Legacy Parkway, and US-89.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

For more information from NOAA/National Weather Service visit...
http://weather.gov/saltlakecity

For information on potential travel impacts visit...
http://udottraffic.utah.gov/roadweatherforecast.aspx
177 
WWUS75 KSLC 171822
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1222 PM MDT Sat Apr 17 2021

UTZ104-171930-
/O.EXP.KSLC.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-210417T1800Z/
Northern Wasatch Front-
Including the cities of Ogden and Bountiful
1222 PM MDT Sat Apr 17 2021

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Winds have decreased below advisory levels and thus the advisory
has been allowed to expire. Another period of easterly winds are
possible tonight over ridges and near canyon mouths, but 10-15 mph
less than the event this morning and below advisory-level impacts. 

$$

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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.