1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 16, 9:30 AM MST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1030 AM MDT TUE JUL 16 2002 .SYNOPSIS...A LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .DISCUSSION...DEEPEST MOISTURE REMAINS OVER WESTERN UT THIS MORNING ACCOMPANIED BY CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. THERE ARE PROBABLY A FEW SPRINKLES UNDER THIS CLOUD BUT IT WILL ALSO HOLD DOWN TEMPS AND RETARD CONVECTION UNTIL LATE TODAY. EXPECT STANDARD AIRMASS DEVELOPMENT AGAIN TODAY ALONG AND EAST OF THE CLOUD COVER WITH CELLS PROPAGATING ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES INTO THE DEEPER MOISTURE. DONT REALLY SEE ANY WELL DEFINED SMALL SHORT WAVES THAT COULD FOCUS THE CONVECTION SO GENERAL BROAD BRUSH SCATTERED COVERAGE SEEMS REASONABLE. WITH THE RELATIVELY MOIST AIRMASS... WINDS WITH STORMS SHOULD NOT BE THAT STRONG UNLESS AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF CELLS FORMS THEN COLLAPSES. WILL NOT UPDATE TO REMOVE THE MENTION ALREADY IN THE FORECASTS HOWEVER AS THERE IS A SMALL THREAT. SLC 444 CDC 444 WILENSKY .SLC...NONE.
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:12 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm deposited 3/4 inch hail about 3 miles south of Randolph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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