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Heavy Snow Warning 1, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

January 4, 2008

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this heavy snow warning at Jan 4, 2008, 9:58 PM MST. It was in force for 63 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2008, 9:58 PM MST (04:58 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2008, 1:25 PM MST
In force
63 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heavy snow warning went out, 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 this heavy snow warning went out at Jan 4, 8:25 PM MST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 8:25 PM MST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 3:25 PM MST, 6 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
325 PM MST FRI JAN 4 2008

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-051330-
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-
325 PM MST FRI JAN 4 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND
WESTERN VALLEYS OF UTAH THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WINDS ARE AHEAD OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL REACH EXTREME NORTHWEST UTAH LATE
TONIGHT. MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL SEE WIND GUSTS WELL ABOVE 70 MPH ON
THE EXPOSED RIDGES THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO EFFECT
THE WESTERN VALLEYS THROUGH TONIGHT. NUMEROUS HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND
WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN VALLEYS.

PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BEGIN IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AS HEAVY
SNOW DEVELOPS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH OF UTAH ON SATURDAY. HEAVY
SNOWS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND MANY VALLEY AREAS. NUMEROUS
WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY.

THE MAIN PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH UTAH SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE...WITH MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT
MAINLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE LATE TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. A SUBSEQUENT COLD PACIFIC STORM MAY FOLLOW FOR 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)

GIBSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 4, 4:20 PM MST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
420 PM MST FRI JAN 04 2008

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

0200 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 SE SNOWBIRD           40.57N 111.64W
01/04/2008  M86 MPH          SALT LAKE          UT   MESONET

0245 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 4 SW PARK CITY          40.61N 111.54W
01/04/2008  M79 MPH          SUMMIT             UT   MESONET

0215 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 5 E OGDEN               41.20N 111.88W
01/04/2008  M71 MPH          WEBER              UT   MESONET

0245 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 W SUNDANCE            40.37N 111.59W
01/04/2008  M68 MPH          UTAH               UT   MESONET

0300 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SW PARK CITY          40.61N 111.53W
01/04/2008  M66 MPH          SUMMIT             UT   MESONET

0200 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SW ALTA               40.56N 111.64W
01/04/2008  M64 MPH          UTAH               UT   MESONET

0300 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SE SNOWBIRD           40.57N 111.63W
01/04/2008  M68 MPH          SALT LAKE          UT   MESONET

0255 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 16 NW DUGWAY            40.37N 113.00W
01/04/2008  M62 MPH          TOOELE             UT   MESONET

0412 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG SNOWBIRD                40.57N 111.65W
01/04/2008                   SALT LAKE          UT   PUBLIC

            18 INCH DIAMETER TREE FELLED BY WIND GUST NEAR 9000 FEET.

&&

GIBSON
Local storm report, Jan 4, 6:50 PM MST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 4:44 AM MSTFlash Flood WatchSLC7 hr
Jan 5, 5:37 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchSLC10 hr
Jan 5, 8:55 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningSLCKane, Washington5 hr
Jan 5, 3:25 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningSLCWashington3 hr
Jan 5, 3:51 PM MSTSnow AdvisorySLC24 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in Utah, 2008Every heavy snow warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.