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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

January 3, 2008

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this high wind watch at Jan 3, 2008, 3:57 PM MST. It took effect at Jan 4, 2008, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2008, 3:57 PM MST (22:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 4, 2008, 11:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 4, 2008, 5:49 AM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City, UT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Jan 3, 10:25 AM MST, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 10:25 AM MST, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 7:20 AM MST, 8 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
720 AM MST THU JAN 3 2008

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-041300-
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-
720 AM MST THU JAN 3 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MILD SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA BEGINNING LATE
FRIDAY. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS FOR
LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
WESTERN VALLEYS ON FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT
MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN UTAH WILL BRING HEAVY SNOWS TO THE MOUNTAINS
AND ADJACENT VALLEYS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. DOWN SOUTH
A PERSISTENT AND QUITE MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PRODUCE HEAVY
PRECIPITATION ALONG SOUTH AND WEST FACING SLOPES THROUGH THE DAY
SATURDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH UTAH MONDAY. WIDESPREAD
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY...WITH POCKETS OF HEAVY SOUTH
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE
ALOFT WILL BRING AN END TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.
A WARM FRONT WILL BRING PRECIPITATION BACK TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE STATE MIDWEEK.

.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)

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 5:01 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	SLC		35 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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