Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
215 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 1986

...HIGH WIND WARNING WESTERN VALLEYS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

A RATHER STRONG COLD FRONT FOR EARLY JULY IS BEARING DOWN UPON THE
STATE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM HAVE
REACHED NEAR 40 MPH IS SOME WESTERN VALLEYS..AND WILL LIKELY
STRENGTHEN DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN UTAH VALLEYS
IN ANTICIPATION OF LOCAL GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. BLOWING DUST MAY
REDUCE VISIBLITIES IN SOME AREAS.

THE FRONT IS SHAPING UP IN WESTERN NEVADA AND WILL MOVE THROUGH
NORTHWEST SECTIONS DURING THE EVENING..JUST IN TIME TO SPOIL THE
FIREWORKS DISPLAYS. THE AIR IS SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AND MOIST..POSING
THE THREAT OF ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT AND
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. PERSONS PLANNING
OUTDOOR COOKOUTS AND OTHER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES SHOULD KEEP AN EYE
TO THE SKY FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

GUSTY WINDS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS PLUS THE ALREADY STIFF SOUTH
BREEZES WILL MAKE BOATING ACTIVITIES A LITTLE RISKY DURING THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. BOATERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD ALSO BE
CONSIOUS OF LIGHTENING AND NOT REAMIN IN EXPOSED TERRAIN OR OPEN
WATER DURING THE APPROACH OF THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AIRMASS FOLLOWING THE FRONT IS QUITE COOL. SOME SHOWER
ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO SATURDAY ACROSS NORTHERN
UTAH..AND TO A LESSER DEGREE  IN THE SOUTH. WHILE THE COOL AIR
SHOULD PENETRATE THROUGH THE ENTIRE STATE BY LATER STATURDAY..
THE MOST DRASTIC CHANGES WILL BE IN THE NORTH WHERE READINGS
AVERAGING 20 DEGREES BELOW THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS ARE LIKELY.

IN ADDITION..CAMPERS AND HIKERS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATION ZONES OF
NORTHERN UTAH..SAY ABOVE 9000 FT WILL PROBABLY AWAKEN SATURDAY
MORNING TO SEE A BLANKET OF SNOW OUTSIDE OF THE TENT. THE AIRMASS
IS COLD ENOUGH SO THAT THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO 9000 FT AND
PERHAPS LOCALLY AS LOW AS 8500 FT LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.
A FEW INCHES ACCUMULATION IS PROBABLE AT PLACES SUCH AS MIRROR LAKE
AND TRIAL LAKE IN THE UINTAS.

THE PROSPECT FOR FIREWORKS DISPLAYS TONIGHT IS QUESTIONABLE.
STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE UNINTENTIONAL FIRES A REAL POSSIBILITY.
THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF RAIN.

WHILE THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO WILL BE QUITE CHANGEABLE ACROSS
THE STATE..THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD BE MUCH
QUIETER AND COMFORTABLE.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

KML...2015Z