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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

January 27, 2023Uinta County, Wyoming

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this high wind warning at Jan 27, 2023, 2:07 AM MST for Uinta County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jan 27, 2023, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2023, 2:07 AM MST (09:07 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 27, 2023, 10:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 27, 2023, 2:37 PM MST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

County Uinta County, WY

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2023-01-27Temperature 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 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 2023-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

414 
WWUS75 KSLC 270907
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
207 AM MST Fri Jan 27 2023

WYZ021-280015-
/O.NEW.KSLC.HW.W.0002.230127T1700Z-230128T0100Z/
Southwest Wyoming-
Including the cities of Evanston and Lyman
207 AM MST Fri Jan 27 2023

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Southwest Wyoming.

* WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 6 PM MST this evening.

* IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property 
  and cause power outages. Travel will be difficult especially 
  for high profile vehicles.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Blowing and drifting snow will also be
  possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown
around or damaged by the wind.

&&

$$

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For information on potential travel impacts visit...
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1 follow-up statement
269 
WWUS75 KSLC 272137
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
237 PM MST Fri Jan 27 2023

WYZ021-272245-
/O.CAN.KSLC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-230128T0100Z/
Southwest Wyoming-
Including the cities of Evanston and Lyman
237 PM MST Fri Jan 27 2023

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

West winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph will remain
possible through the remainder of the afternoon, however High Wind
Warning criteria will not be reached. Therefore the high Wind
Warning has been cancelled. 

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
For information on potential travel impacts visit...
http://udottraffic.utah.gov/roadweatherforecast.aspx

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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.