1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 16, 8:10 AM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 910 AM MDT MON SEP 16 2002 .SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT FOLLOWING THE TROUGH WILL BRING A COUPLE OF WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCES ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN PORTION OF UTAH MIDWEEK. .DISCUSSION...TIGHT UPPER LOW OVER NV WITH ASSOCIATED COLD POCKET AT 500 MB WILL TRACK DIRECTLY ACROSS NORTHERN UT TODAY. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY GOING IN NV. 12Z RUC SHOWS MORE THAN ADEQUATE SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS/SQUALL LINES THIS AFTERNOON AND LIS AS LOW AS MINUS 7-8 THIS AFTERNOON. 700 MB RAOB WIND AT DESERT ROCK WAS 50 KNOTS AND A GUST TO 66 MPH ALREADY REPORTED FROM A RAWS STATION IN NV. ALL ADDS UP TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGH WINDS BEING THE BIGGEST THREAT ALTHOUGH SOME LARGE HAIL ALSO A POSSIBILITY. SPC HAS ALREADY ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...AND 1ST PERIOD OF ZFP/SFP HAVE BEEN UPDATED. DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS EVOLVE...SEVERE WEATHER MAY MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST WY LATER TODAY. SLC 842 CDC 530 DUNN .SLC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 PM MDT FOR ALL OF WESTERN UT.
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm wind gust of 73 mph (63 kts) was measured at a station 9 miles north of Lakeside.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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