Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1107 AM MDT FRI MAY 29 1992

...ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER UTAH THROUGH THIS EVENING...

A MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXITS OVER UTAH TODAY.  THIS
CONDITION IS EXPECTED TO LAST AT LEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING.  THE
MAIN AREA OF SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER SOUTHERN
UTAH.  THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THE AIRMASS IS THE MOST MOIST AND
UNSTABLE.  HOWEVER...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS PUSHED INTO NORTHWEST
UTAH AND WILL ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS IT
MOVES THROUGH NORTHERN UTAH TODAY.

THUS MOST OF UTAH CAN EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...LOCAL HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

AT 11 AM THIS MORNING...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF
THE STATE.  LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATED THE MAIN AREAS OF
LIGHTNING TO BE OVER SOUTHERN UTAH AND NEAR WENDOVER IN NORTHWEST
UTAH.

PERSONS PLANNING ON BEING OUT-OF-DOORS TODAY ARE ADVISED TO BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SEEK SH!ELTER AS SOON AS
YOU CAN.  LIGHTNING KILLS...DO NOT BECOME A HUMAN LIGHTNING ROD.  DO
NOT STAND UNDER A TREE OR ANY TALL OBJECT IF LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING
IN YOUR AREA.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.

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