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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 19, 2023Millard County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2023, 3:28 PM MDT for Millard County, Utah. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2023, 3:28 PM MDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2023, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Millard County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 19, 3:24 PM MDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:24 PM MDT, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 2:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
219 PM MDT Wed Jul 19 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0151 PM     Hail             2 S Park City           40.62N 111.49W
07/19/2023  E0.50 inch       Summit             UT   Public

&&

ND

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:59 PM MDT, 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
259 PM MDT Wed Jul 19 2023

UTZ117-120-121-192130-
San Rafael Swell UT-Castle Country UT-Central Mountains UT-
259 PM MDT Wed Jul 19 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Emery
and east central Sevier Counties through 330 PM MDT...

At 259 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 23
miles southwest of Clawson, or 34 miles southeast of Manti, moving
east at 10 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...
Emery.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 70 between mile markers 93 and 107.
 Utah Route 10 between mile markers 3 and 18.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3877 11131 3886 11139 3901 11120 3883 11107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 249DEG 10KT 3883 11130

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

HM

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:18 PM MDT, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 6:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Box Elder	34 min
Jul 19, 2:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Emery	31 min
Jul 19, 3:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	SLC	Wayne	3 hr
Jul 19, 3:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Millard	27 min
Jul 19, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Millard	30 min
Jul 19, 4:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC		35 min
Jul 19, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Tooele	41 min
Jul 19, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Emery	51 min
Jul 19, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Salt Lake	29 min
Jul 19, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SLC	Salt Lake, Tooele	34 min
Jul 19, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SLC	Tooele, Utah	54 min
Jul 19, 5:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Emery	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.