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Winter Storm Warning 17, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

December 17, 2008

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this winter storm warning at Dec 17, 2008, 4:41 AM MST. It took effect at Dec 17, 2008, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 26 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
Dec 17, 2008, 4:41 AM MST (11:41 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2008, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 18, 2008, 1:02 PM MST
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS45 KSLC 171141
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
441 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...STORM APPROACHING SOUTHERN UTAH FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST TOWARDS SOUTHWESTERN UTAH TODAY. THIS LOW
WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...
BRINGING WIDESPREAD AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

UTZ518-171900-
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SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
441 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11
AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

LIGHT SNOW WILL REACH THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS LATE THIS MORNING...
THEN TURN HEAVY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. .WITH
AMOUNTS APPROACHING 24 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OVER
THE EXTREME SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN AND/OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ020-171900-
/O.NEW.KSLC.WS.W.0017.081217T1800Z-081219T0000Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
441 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM
THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEYS OF UTAH.

LIGHT SNOW OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTH
CENTRAL VALLEYS LATE THIS MORNING. RAIN AND SNOW WILL TURN
HEAVIER AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...TURN TURN TO ALL SNOW BY
LATE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL BE ELEVATION DEPENDENT. AREAS NEAR
THE BORDER WITH ARIZONA WILL SEE STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4
INCHES. THE HIGHER ELEVATION TO THE NORTH OF THE BORDER REGION WILL
RECEIVE BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN AND/OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ021-171900-
/O.NEW.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081217T2200Z-081218T2200Z/
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
441 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN FOR THE LAKE POWELL GLEN CANYON
RECREATION AREA.

LIGHT RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL REACH SOUTHEAST UTAH THIS
AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME PRIMARILY SNOW LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AWAY FROM THE LAKE WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4
AND 8 INCHES. NEAR THE LAKE TOTALS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS...
GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

UTZ517-171900-
/O.NEW.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081217T2200Z-081219T0000Z/
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
441 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DURING THE
AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING...AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
9 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS45 KSLC 171731
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1031 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...STORM APPROACHING SOUTHERN UTAH FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TODAY...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST TOWARDS SOUTHWESTERN UTAH TODAY. THIS
LOW WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW TO
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

UTZ020-518-180130-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.081217T1800Z-081219T0000Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
1031 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEYS OF
UTAH.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...PARTICULARLY ACROSS ELEVATIONS ABOVE
5500 FEET. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
ARIZONA BORDER NEAR KANAB.

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING
OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN AND/OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ019-180130-
/O.EXB.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081217T1800Z-081218T1600Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
1031 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN FOR UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL
PARK ABOVE 3000 FEET. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 3000
FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
PINTURA...MOTOQUA...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. 

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE REGION ABOVE
3000 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
THIS EVENING. AS WARMER AIR SPREADS NORTH INTO THE AREA...SNOW
LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW SNOW LEVELS TO RISE ABOVE 5000 FEET
OVERNIGHT AND ALLOW SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

UTZ021-180130-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081217T2200Z-081218T2200Z/
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
1031 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 3 PM MST THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 3 PM MST THURSDAY. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN FOR THE LAKE POWELL GLEN CANYON
RECREATION AREA.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AWAY FROM THE LAKE WILL RANGE BETWEEN
4 AND 8 INCHES. NEAR THE LAKE TOTALS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY
LESS...GENERALLY IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE.

LIGHT RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL REACH SOUTHEAST UTAH THIS
AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME PRIMARILY SNOW LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

UTZ517-180130-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081217T2200Z-081219T0000Z/
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
1031 AM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF
UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES.

SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DURING THE
AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING...
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER
OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 
WWUS45 KSLC 172317
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD...AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY
THIS LOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

UTZ020-518-180730-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5
PM MST THURSDAY.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL
AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 8
TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
UTAH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER
RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS
SOUTHERN UTAH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS
THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN AND/OR STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ012-013-180730-
/O.EXA.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM
MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN FOR CASTLE COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE
SAN RAFAEL SWELL. 

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS CASTLE COUNTRY AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL
DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT
TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE
ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

UTZ010-180730-
/O.EXA.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK
CLIFFS OF UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES.

SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS
DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF
DURING THE AFTERNOON. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

UTZ019-180730-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM
MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL
PARK ABOVE 3000 FEET.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE
3000 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
PINTURA...MOTOQUA...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LOCATIONS
IN AND AROUND ST GEORGE MAY PICK UP AN INCH OF SNOW...MAINLY ON
GRASSY SURFACES.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS
EVENING ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE REGION ABOVE 3000 FEET. THIS
SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...HOWEVER AS WARMER
AIR SPREADS NORTH INTO THE AREA...SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW SNOW LEVELS TO RISE
ABOVE 5000 FEET OVERNIGHT AND ALLOW SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TO CHANGE
OVER TO RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

UTZ021-180730-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM
MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN FOR THE LAKE POWELL GLEN CANYON
RECREATION AREA.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AWAY FROM THE LAKE WILL RANGE BETWEEN
4 AND 8 INCHES. NEAR THE LAKE TOTALS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS...
GENERALLY IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST UTAH...BECOMING
HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS SNOW
WILL PERSIST INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF
DURING THE AFTERNOON. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

UTZ517-180730-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
417 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF
UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES.

SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH DURING
THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING
THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 
WWUS45 KSLC 180144
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
644 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD...AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY
THIS LOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

UTZ019-180945-
/O.UPG.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/
/O.EXB.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
644 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9
AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE
3500 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
PINTURA...MOTOQUA...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LOCATIONS
IN AND AROUND ST GEORGE WILL SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...MAINLY ON
GRASSY SURFACES.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS
EVENING ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE REGION...PERSISTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS WARMER AIR SPREADS NORTH INTO THE AREA...SNOW
LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW SNOW
ACROSS THE AREA TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ020-518-180945-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
644 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5
PM MST THURSDAY.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL
AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF
8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
UTAH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA
BORDER RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS
SOUTHERN UTAH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS
THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ012-013-021-180945-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
644 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM
MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN FOR CASTLE COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE
SAN RAFAEL SWELL.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS CASTLE COUNTRY AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL
DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...
WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE ENDING
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ010-517-180945-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
644 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK
CLIFFS OF UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES.

SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS
DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING
OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

ROGOWSKI/KRUSE

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 
WWUS45 KSLC 180327
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH OVERNIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD...AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY
THIS LOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

UTZ019-181300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9
AM MST THURSDAY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE
3500 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
PINTURA...MOTOQUA...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LOCATIONS
IN AND AROUND ST GEORGE WILL SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...MAINLY
ON GRASSY SURFACES.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE
THIS EVENING ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE REGION...PERSISTING THROUGH MUCH
OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS WARMER AIR SPREADS NORTH INTO THE
AREA... SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL
ALLOW SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ020-518-181300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5
PM MST THURSDAY.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL
AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 8 TO 16
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER
RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW.

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH THROUGH THE
LATE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST
OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING
OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ004-181300-
/O.EXB.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081218T1000Z-081218T2200Z/
SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM MST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM MST THURSDAY. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT
INCLUDING LEHI...PROVO AND NEPHI.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...JUST
IN TIME TO IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ACCUMULATING SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING
THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ014>016-181300-
/O.EXA.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANPETE AND SEVIER
VALLEYS...WEST CENTRAL UTAH...AND SOUTHWEST UTAH...INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF CEDAR CITY...MILFORD...DELTA...MANTI AND RICHFIELD.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5
INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST UTAH AND THE CENTRAL UTAH
VALLEYS...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL UTAH
LATE THIS EVENING...INTENSIFYING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ012-013-021-181300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM
MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE
SAN RAFAEL SWELL.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND INTO
THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ010-517-181300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
827 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
MST THURSDAY.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK
CLIFFS OF UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH INTO THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND
BOOK CLIFFS DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE
TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

ROGOWSKI/KRUSE

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 
WWUS45 KSLC 180426
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH OVERNIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD...AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY
THIS LOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

UTZ016-181300-
/O.UPG.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
/O.EXB.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
SOUTHWEST UTAH-
926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
SOUTHWEST UTAH.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE
SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD
CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ019-181300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE
3500 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
PINTURA...MOTOQUA...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LOCATIONS
IN AND AROUND ST GEORGE WILL SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE
THIS EVENING ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE REGION...PERSISTING THROUGH MUCH
OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS WARMER AIR SPREADS NORTH INTO THE
AREA... SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL
ALLOW SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ020-518-181300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY.

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL
AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 8 TO
16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER
RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW.

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH THROUGH THE
LATE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST
OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING
OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ012-013-021-181300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE
SAN RAFAEL SWELL.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND INTO
THE DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ010-517-181300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK
CLIFFS OF UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH INTO THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND
BOOK CLIFFS DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...
BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ014-015-181300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANPETE AND SEVIER
VALLEYS...WEST CENTRAL UTAH...AND SOUTHWEST UTAH...INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF CEDAR CITY...MILFORD...DELTA...MANTI AND RICHFIELD.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO
5 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST UTAH AND THE CENTRAL UTAH
VALLEYS...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL UTAH
LATE THIS EVENING...INTENSIFYING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ004-181300-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081218T1000Z-081218T2200Z/
SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
926 PM MST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM
MST THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT
INCLUDING LEHI...PROVO AND NEPHI.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO
5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...
JUST IN TIME TO IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ACCUMULATING
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

ROGOWSKI/KRUSE

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 
WWUS45 KSLC 180805
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH OVERNIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD...AND AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY
THIS LOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN...CENTRAL AND EASTERN UTAH
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

UTZ020-518-181615-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5
PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 8 TO
16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER
RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...AND INTO THE
MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ019-181600-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM
MST THIS MORNING.

THIS WARNING IS FOR UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE
3500 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
PINTURA...VEYO...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LOCATIONS IN
AND AROUND ST GEORGE WILL SEE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE
REGION...THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL MIX WITH 
OR CHANGE OVER TO RAIN THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY
MIDDAY. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ016-181615-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
SOUTHWEST UTAH-
105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM
MST THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS WARNING IS FOR SOUTHWEST UTAH WHERE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS THURSDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL
BE SLICK. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER
ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
VISIT... HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ008-009-181615-
/O.EXA.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM 
MST THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH
OF I-80 AND THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE UINTAS AND
SOUTH OF SALT LAKE COUNTY IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH INTO THESE MOUNTAIN AREAS 
OVERNIGHT. THIS SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
DAY THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ006-011-181615-
/O.EXA.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081218T1000Z-081218T2200Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WESTERN UINTA BASIN-
105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM
MST THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS
AND THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN INCLUDING HEBER AND DUCHESNE.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO
5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS. THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS NORTH OF I-80 WILL NOT SEE MUCH SNOW...GENERALLY UNDER AN
INCH. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...
JUST IN TIME TO IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE IN THE HEBER
VALLEY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS
BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ012-013-021-181615-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY...THE SAN
RAFAEL SWELL AS WELL AS THE GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA AND LAKE
POWELL.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY
THURSDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS IN THE
LAKE POWELL AREA WILL RISE TO NEAR 4000 FEET BY LATE MORNING. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ010-517-181615-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK
CLIFFS OF UTAH.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY
THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ014-015-181615-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANPETE AND SEVIER
VALLEYS AND WEST CENTRAL UTAH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DELTA AND 
RICHFIELD.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO
5 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL UTAH VALLEYS...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
AND THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ004-181615-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.081218T1000Z-081218T2200Z/
SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
105 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT
INCLUDING LEHI...PROVO AND NEPHI.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO
5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...
JUST IN TIME TO IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ACCUMULATING
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 
WWUS45 KSLC 181157
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

UTZ020-518-182000-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OF 8 TO 16 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER
RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW.

A BRIEF BREAK IN THE SNOW IS OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING BUT IT
IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN AROUND SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH 
THE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ019-181600-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS
MORNING. 

THIS WARNING IS FOR UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE
3500 FEET BY MID MORNING...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
PINTURA...VEYO...AND PORTIONS OF ZION NATIONAL PARK. LOCATIONS
IN AND AROUND ST GEORGE WILL GET 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW.

A BRIEF BREAK IN THE SNOW IS OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING BUT IT
IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN BEFORE SUNRISE AND CONTINUE...HEAVY
AT TIMES...THROUGH MID MORNING. SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER
TO RAIN BELOW ABOUT 3500 FEET THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY
MIDDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ016-182000-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
SOUTHWEST UTAH-
457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WARNING IS FOR SOUTHWEST UTAH WHERE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

A BRIEF LULL IN THE SNOW IS OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING BUT IT
IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN BEFORE SUNRISE AND CONTINUE...HEAVY
AT TIMES THROUGH LATE MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
TAPER OFF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ012-013-021-182000-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY...THE SAN
RAFAEL SWELL AS WELL AS THE GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA AND LAKE
POWELL.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON WITH GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS
ON THE SWELL.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE
ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS IN THE LAKE POWELL AREA
WILL RISE TO NEAR 4000 FEET BY LATE MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ008>010-517-182000-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF
I-80...THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS...THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK
CLIFFS AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES AND OVER THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND WASATCH PLATEAU. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THIS MORNING BEFORE
TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ014-015-182000-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANPETE AND SEVIER
VALLEYS AND WEST CENTRAL UTAH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DELTA AND
RICHFIELD.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL UTAH VALLEYS...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE
TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ004-006-011-182000-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-
457 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT...
THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN
INCLUDING HEBER AND DUCHESNE.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 5 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS. THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS
NORTH OF I-80 WILL NOT SEE MUCH SNOW...GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING...JUST IN TIME TO
IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE ALONG THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND IN
THE HEBER VALLEY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 
WWUS45 KSLC 181610
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

UTZ016-181715-
/O.CAN.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
SOUTHWEST UTAH-
909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST UTAH.
SHOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN LIKELY THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

$$

UTZ019-181715-
/O.EXP.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081218T1600Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK. SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

$$

UTZ015-181715-
/O.CAN.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL UTAH. 

SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

$$

UTZ020-518-190000-
/O.CON.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OF 8 TO 16 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER
RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW.

PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE
GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES
OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WITH AROUND AN
INCH POSSIBLE ALONG THE ARIZONA BORDER.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL 511

$$

UTZ012-013-021-182200-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY...THE SAN
RAFAEL SWELL AS WELL AS THE GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA AND LAKE
POWELL.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON WITH GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS
ON THE SWELL.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
MORNING BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS IN THE
LAKE POWELL AREA WILL RISE TO NEAR 4000 FEET BY LATE MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ008>010-517-190000-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH
OF I-80...THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS...THE WASATCH PLATEAU AND
BOOK CLIFFS AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES AND OVER THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND WASATCH PLATEAU.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THIS MORNING BEFORE
TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ014-182200-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-
909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANPETE AND SEVIER
VALLEYS AND WEST CENTRAL UTAH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DELTA AND
RICHFIELD.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL UTAH VALLEYS...WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE
TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

UTZ004-006-011-182200-
/O.CON.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-
909 AM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT...
THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN
INCLUDING HEBER AND DUCHESNE.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 5 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS. THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS
NORTH OF I-80 WILL NOT SEE MUCH SNOW...GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING...JUST IN TIME TO
IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE ALONG THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND
IN THE HEBER VALLEY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

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000 
WWUS45 KSLC 182002
WSWSLC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
102 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008

UTZ020-518-182115-
/O.CAN.KSLC.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
102 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.

$$

UTZ008>010-517-182115-
/O.CAN.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T0000Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
102 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE WASATCH
MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80...THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS...THE
WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS...AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN
THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

$$

UTZ004-006-011>014-021-182115-
/O.CAN.KSLC.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081218T2200Z/
SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
102 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT THE SOUTHERN WASATCH
FRONT...AS WELL AS MOST CENTRAL AND EASTERN VALLEYS. SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER
LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 16, 8:50 PM MST, 7 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 8:50 PM MST, 7 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
850 PM MST TUE DEC 16 2008

.SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL
TURN EAST AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. THE NEXT VERY COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DIVE SOUTH
THROUGH WESTERN CANADA...REACHING UTAH BY LATE FRIDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS AN UPPER LOW BEGINNING TO PIVOT
EAST FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF CALIFORNIA. THE NEXT VIGOROUS SYSTEM
IS DIGGING SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST CANADA. ACARS 400-250MB WIND
OBSERVATIONS SHOWS A 130-175KT JET STRETCHED NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHERN
NEVADA OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND. THE UPPER LEVEL SHEAR
AXIS WAS LOCATED FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN
MONTANA. 00Z 700MB ANALYSIS PLACED A COLD FRONT ALONG THE NORTH
CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CONUS. A WARM FRONT HAS ENTERED THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. MEANWHILE...A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WAS IN PLACE FROM BAJA
CALIFORNIA INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION.

12Z KSLC RAOB INDICATES ABOUT 2 TO 4C OF COOLING PRIMARILY IN THE
MID LEVELS...WITH A PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE OF 0.16 OF AN INCH.

INSTABILITY SNOW SHOWERS HAVE FOR THE MOST PART DISSIPATED. A FEW
STRAGGLERS REMAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL UTAH...WHERE THE RUC IS
INDICATING A PLUME OF NEAR ZERO LIFTED INDEX VALUES. INSTABILITY
SHOULD CONTINUE TO WANE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYLIGHT AND AS
TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM ALOFT.

DEEPER MOISTURE WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH ALONG THE
UPPER LEVEL JET AXIS WITH AREAS OF STRATUS ACROSS THE NORTH. IN
BETWEEN THERE SHOULD BE AREAS OF RELATIVELY CLEAR SKIES WHICH WILL
ALLOW FOR EFFICIENT COOLING GIVEN THE SNOWPACK IN PLACE.

FORECAST LOOKS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE...NO UPDATE PLANNED AT THIS TIME.

LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT SYSTEM...STRONG WARM ADVECTION EXPECTED TO
ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO BLOSSOM ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH LATE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 00Z NAM INDICATES OVER AN INCH
AND A HALF OF QPF IN SOUTHWEST UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE GFS
QPF BULLSEYE OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH COINCIDENT IN LOCATION.
NAM/GFS ALSO SHOW 700-500MB LAPSE RATES NEAR 7C/KM. COULD BE A FEW
LIGHTNING STRIKES BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE
COLD POOL ALOFT.

ALSO OF INTEREST...IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A CORRIDOR OF SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION OCCURS REMOVED NORTH OF THE MAIN IMPACT
AREA...SOMEWHERE ACROSS CENTRAL OR PERHAPS NORTH CENTRAL UTAH. THE
EXACT LOCATION OF THIS CORRIDOR SHOULD HINGE ON THE UPPER LEVEL
SHEAR AXIS...WHICH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFORMATION
PRECIPITATION. THE 18Z GFS INDICATED THIS QPF CORRIDOR...AND ITS
NOTEWORTHY THAT THE NEW 00Z NAM IS NOW STARTING TO HINT AT IT AS
WELL.

SNOW LEVELS REMAIN TRICKY WITH THIS SYSTEM. SHOULD THE COOLER
SOLUTIONS WORK OUT...THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTH OF THE WATCH AREA MAY
NEAR WARNING CRITERIA SNOWFALL. AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE HIGHER
TERRAIN WEST OF RICHFIELD...AND THE SW TO NE CORRIDOR SOMEWHERE
ACROSS CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL UTAH. WILL PASS ALONG TO THE NEXT
SHIFT TO ALLOW FOR INSPECTION OF THE REMAINDER OF 00Z GUIDANCE
BEFORE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.

A COLD TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE OVER FAR NORTHERN UTAH THURSDAY NIGHT IN
WARM ADVECTION. A COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO ENTER NORTHERN UTAH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF UTAH FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. VORT LOBES SWINGING ACROSS UTAH...ALONG
WITH SOME DIVERGENCE ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH A JET STREAK LOCATED OVER
THE FRONT...SHOULD PROVIDE AMPLE LIFT TO GENERATE ACCUMULATING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL. A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL THEN SETTLE INTO
PLACE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH 700MB TEMPERATURES COLDER
THAN -20C OVER NORTHERN UTAH. WITH THIS TYPE OF AIRMASS...HIGH
TEMPERATURES OVER NORTHERN UTAH SATURDAY WILL LIKELY NOT BE ABLE TO
BREAK EVEN THE 20 DEGREE MARK.

MODELS HANDLE SUNDAY A BIT DIFFERENTLY. THE EC HAS STRONG WARM
ADVECTION BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT WHILE THE GFS DOES NOT HAVE THIS
BEGINNING UNTIL SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...THERE IS A 14C DIFFERENCE IN
700MB TEMPERATURE AT SLC BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS BY 00Z MONDAY. AT
THIS TIME...HAVE JUST TRENDED WITH SLIGHT TO MODERATE WARMING ACROSS
THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THE PATTERN REMAINS RATHER ACTIVE WITH ANOTHER
STORM SYSTEM IN STORE FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE SLC TERMINAL
OVERNIGHT WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM THURSDAY FOR
     UTZ518.

WY...NONE.

&&

PUBLIC...ROGOWSKI/CHENG
AVIATION...TRAPHAGAN

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 4:34 PM MST, 12 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
434 PM MST TUE DEC 16 2008

UTZ001>011-WYZ021-171200-
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-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
434 PM MST TUE DEC 16 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UTAH...
NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SNOW SHOWERS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
WASATCH MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN UTAH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE STATE WILL MOVE THROUGH
SOUTHERN UTAH TOMORROW AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD
NORTH INTO NORTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS
NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

A VERY COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF NORTHWEST CANADA
TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. SNOW AND VERY COLD AIR WILL BLAST
SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH A THREAT FOR
SNOW AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

UTZ012>016-019>021-517-518-171200-
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-
434 PM MST TUE DEC 16 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UTAH...
SOUTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST UTAH.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SNOW SHOWERS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER ENERGETIC STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
UTAH TOMORROW AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
TRACK ALONG SOUTHERN UTAH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE DEPARTING EAST ACROSS
THE ROCKIES THURSDAY. THIS LOW WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD SNOW
BEGINNING MIDDAY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY
PARTICULARLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

A VERY COLD PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTH OUT OF WESTERN CANADA
FOR THIS WEEKEND. THE LEADING COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH
SOUTHERN UTAH SATURDAY...LEAVING THE VERY COLD AIR PARKED OVER
THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

ROGOWSKI/CHENG

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The office that day

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

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Sources

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