Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
416 PM MST SAT JAN 5 2008

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG MOIST PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION THIS WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY.

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.DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT STALLED UNDER THE BAND OF DEEP MOISTURE
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL WAVE BACK NORTH TONIGHT AS A WARM
FRONT THEN SOUTH AS A COLD FRONT AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. PRECIP
WILL PERSIST OVER SRN AND ERN UT IN THE WARM SECTOR AND ALONG THE
FRONT THEN SPREAD N WITH THE WARM FRONT OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD
BRING SNOW BACK TO NRN AREAS WHERE IT HAS QUIT AND REISSUED
HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS.

SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY NIGHT BUT THE LAST WAVE OUT OF THE LONG
WAVE TROF IS FORECAST TO CROSS MAINLY NRN UT MON. NOT MUCH
BAROCLINICITY LEFT WITH THIS FEATURE SO ONLY LIGHT PRECIP
EXPECTED.

WE GET BACK INTO A NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN AFTER MON WITH THE
RIDGE IN THE ERN PAC BUT FAR ENOUGH W TO ALLOW WAVES TO MAINLY IMPACT
NRN UT AS THEY DIVE INTO THE CENTER OF THE US. RIDGE SHIFTS CLOSER
TO THE COAST LATER THIS WEEK BUT WE ARE STILL OPEN TO GRAZING
SHORT WAVES CLIPPING NRN UT.

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.AVIATION...CEILINGS AT SLC TERMINAL ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BACK BELOW
7000FT AGL BETWEEN 08Z AND 12Z SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS BEGINNING AT 09Z SUNDAY MORNING...BUT THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE
TO NO ACCUMULATION ON RUNWAYS BEFORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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.HYDRO...EVEN THO DEEPEST MOISTURE HAS SHIFTED SOUTH AND EAST OF
OUT FORECAST AREA...RAIN HAS PERSISTED IN THE OROGRAPHICALLY
FAVORED AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN UT THRU THE AFTERNOON AND IS STILL
CREATING FLASH FLOODING AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AROUND ZION
NATIONAL PARK. THIS RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF BY LATE EVENING AND
WATERS WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE.

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.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR UTZ012.

     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR UTZ006-UTZ007-UTZ008-
     UTZ009-UTZ010-UTZ517-UTZ518.

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY TO 6 PM SUNDAY FOR UTZ001-
     UTZ002-UTZ003-UTZ005-UTZ011-UTZ014-UTZ015-UTZ016.

     SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR UTZ004.

WY...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR WYZ021.

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WILENSKY/SCHOENING

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
600 AM MST SAT JAN 5 2008

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-061330-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
600 AM MST SAT JAN 5 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT

STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL
CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND MANY OF THE VALLEYS ACROSS UTAH.
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE VALLEYS OF SOUTHWEST UTAH
TODAY.

REFER TO WIND...FLASH FLOOD AND WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS
FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MORE HEAVY SNOW ON SUNDAY.
THE SNOW WILL AFFECT VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS ACROSS MUCH
OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

THE FINAL DISTURBANCE IN THIS SERIES WILL BRING ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL ON MONDAY.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS
ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING AND REPORTING PROCEDURES.

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

TARDY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
512 PM MST SAT JAN 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG TOOELE                  40.54N 112.30W
01/04/2008                   TOOELE             UT   CO-OP OBSERVER

            17 POWER POLES DAMAGED AT THE TOOELE ARMY DEPOT.

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CVG