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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 20, 2022Kane County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2022, 3:39 PM MDT for Kane County, Utah. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2022, 3:39 PM MDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2022, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Kane County, UT

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 20, 4:12 AM MDT, 11 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 4:12 AM MDT, 11 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:39 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
339 PM MDT Wed Jul 20 2022

UTZ128-202215-
South Central Utah UT-
339 PM MDT Wed Jul 20 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Kane County
through 415 PM MDT...

At 338 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19
miles southwest of Henrieville, or 27 miles northeast of Kanab,
moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Kane
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3730 11227 3742 11221 3742 11199 3738 11195
      3730 11195 3724 11196 3721 11199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 274DEG 16KT 3734 11219

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

STW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 6:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Tooele	48 min
Jul 19, 6:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC		47 min
Jul 19, 6:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Juab	28 min
Jul 19, 7:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Utah	33 min
Jul 19, 7:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Utah	36 min
Jul 19, 7:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Sevier	47 min
Jul 19, 7:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Carbon	32 min
Jul 19, 8:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SLC	Juab, Sanpete, Utah	25 min
Jul 19, 8:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Carbon	39 min
Jul 19, 8:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SLC	Juab, Sanpete, Utah	34 min
Jul 19, 9:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Carbon	39 min
Jul 20, 3:10 AM MDT	Excessive Heat Warning	SLC	Garfield, Iron, Kane, San Juan, Washington	4 days
Jul 20, 4:00 PM MDT	Excessive Heat Watch	SLC	Beaver, Emery, Garfield, Iron, Juab, Kane and 5 more	12 hr
Jul 20, 4:28 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	SLC	Kane	3 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.