Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
405 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG MICROBURST WINDS OVER WESTERN UTAH THROUGH
       THIS EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN UTAH AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING NORTHWARD FROM SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.  THE AIRMASS OVER THIS PART OF THE STATE IS FAIRLY DRY AT
LOWER LEVELS.  AS A RESULT...SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING
STRONG MICROBURST WINDS.  JUST BEFORE 4 PM A GUST TO 56 MPH WAS REPORTED
AT BYU IN PROVO.

ADDITIONAL MICROBURST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE UNTIL THE STORMS DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT.
LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND
GUSTS THAT COULD MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES
IN BLOWING DUST.  ON LAKES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN MAKE SMALL BOATS
DIFFICULT TO HANDLE.

LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AND CAN BE DEADLY.  SEEK
PROPER SHELTER INDOORS OR IN A CAR IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

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