1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 21, 9:35 AM MST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1035 AM MDT TUE JUN 21 2005
.SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH WILL REMAIN CENTERED TO THE EAST
OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH THE WEEK WITH A SOUTHERLY FLOW
OVER UTAH. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH TODAY AND
WEDNESDAY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER CO THIS
MORNING...WITH WELL DEFINED MID LEVEL MOISTURE AXIS EXTENDING ACROSS
WESTERN AZ/UT INTO EASTERN NV...AROUND WESTERN PERIPHERY OF UPPER
RIDGE. TWO PRIMARY FEATURES OF INTEREST WHICH SHOULD AID IN
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATION THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
FORECAST AREA INCLUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTING ACROSS CENTRAL CA AT
THIS TIME...AS WELL AS WEAK VORTICITY MAXIMA...EVIDENCED BY DRYING
IN WV/IR IMAGERY...MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY OF
SOUTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL AZ. INITIAL FEATURE PROGGED TO LIFT
NORTHWARD INTO OREGON BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ENTRANCE REGION TO
ASSOCIATED 300MB JET LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST UT.
EXPECT THIS FEATURE TO AID/ENHANCE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT BY EARLY
AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST DESERT AND WASATCH REGIONS. MODELS SUGGEST
LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE TO SHIFT NORTH OF UT/ID BORDER BY
THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE FURTHER SOUTH CO RIVER VALLEY FEATURE SHOULD
HELP FLARE CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN UT LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING. REGIONAL 12Z SOUNDINGS INDICATE VERY DEEPLY MIXED
LAYER JUST ABOVE SURFACE...AND MODEL PROG SOUNDINGS INDICATE
MOISTURE THIS AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN ABOVE 600MB...THUS DRY
MICROBURST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GOING POPS LOOK REASONABLE...SO NO
UPDATES PLANNED AT THIS TIME.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...RH/DEWPOINTS MADE A NICE RECOVERY OVERNIGHT ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH. TDS IN THE MID 40S CURRENTLY BUT
STARTING TO LOWER. SOUNDINGS LOOK GOOD FOR INITIAL STORMS TO CONTAIN
MICROBURSTS. SO...WITH THIS AND WELL CURED FINE FUELS...WILL
CONTINUE RED FLAG WARNING THRU MIDNIGHT...AND ADD ZONES 445-449.
THANKS GJT FOR GOOD COORDINATION.
&&
.HYDRO...AVAILABLE MOISTURE FROM SNOWMELT APPEARS TO BE DECREASING
RAPIDLY WITHIN SEVIER BASIN GIVEN CURRENT HYDROGRAPH. RIVER IS
FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE BANKFULL OVER NEXT FEW DAYS...HOWEVER IT
APPEARS UNLIKELY RIVER WILL BE ABLE TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. AS A
RESULT MAY BE ABLE TO CANCEL GOING WARNING THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.AVIATION...SEE SLCTAFSLC.
&&
.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...RED FLAG WARNING UTZ420-431>435-437-445>449 IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SEVIER RIVER THROUGH NOON THURSDAY.
WY...NONE.
SEAMAN/SMITHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 500 AM MDT TUE JUN 21 2005 UTZ005-012>021-221300- CASTLE COUNTRY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS- SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- SOUTHWEST UTAH-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-WEST CENTRAL UTAH- 500 AM MDT TUE JUN 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH. .DAY ONE... TODAY A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SEVIER RIVER. WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE SNOWMELT TODAY...RESULTING IN LOCAL FLOODING ALONG THE SEVIER RIVER FROM THE HEADWATERS TO THE SEVIER VALLEY AROUND RICHFIELD. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY...MAINLY FOR WESTERN PORTIONS. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LITTLE RAINFALL AND STRONG MICROBURST WINDS...ESPECIALLY AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WILDLAND FIRE-FIGHTERS FOR THE POTENTIAL DRY LIGHTNING AND ASSOCIATED MICROBURST WINDS BELOW ABOUT 6500 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT DURING THE WEEK. SNOW MELT FLOODING ON THE SEVIER RIVER WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. UTZ001>004-006>011-WYZ021-221300- CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SOUTHWEST WYOMING-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS I- 80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- WESTERN UINTA BASIN-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- 500 AM MDT TUE JUN 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN UTAH AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE... TODAY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE SNOWMELT TODAY. WATERWAYS FED BY HIGH ELEVATION SNOW PACK FROM THE WASATCH AND UINTA MOUNTAINS WILL BE RUNNING HIGH TO NEAR BANKFULL. USE EXTREME CAUTION NEAR THE STREAMS AND RIVERS. ISOLATED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN LOCAL GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HOT TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS WEEK WILL CONTINUE THE HIGH ELEVATION SNOWMELT. WATERWAYS FED BY HIGH ELEVATION SNOWPACK...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN WASATCH RANGE...WILL EXPERIENCE INCREASED FLOWS...WITH LOCAL BANKFULL CONDITIONS.
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 206 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm/microburst winds destroyed roof on a turkey hatchery.
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