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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

March 18, 2011

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this high wind watch at Mar 18, 2011, 3:23 AM MDT. It took effect at Mar 19, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2011, 3:23 AM MDT (09:23 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired
Mar 19, 2011, 4:31 AM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

The text

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

417 
WWUS75 KSLC 180923
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
323 AM MDT FRI MAR 18 2011

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE SATURDAY...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL POTENTIALLY DEVELOP TOMORROW AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

UTZ002>005-014>016-181800-
/O.NEW.KSLC.HW.A.0002.110319T1600Z-110320T0200Z/
NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-
SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGHAM CITY...OGDEN...BOUNTIFUL...
SALT LAKE CITY...TOOELE...LEHI...PROVO...NEPHI...WENDOVER...
SNOWVILLE...MANTI...RICHFIELD...DELTA...FILLMORE...BEAVER...
CEDAR CITY...MILFORD
323 AM MDT FRI MAR 18 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA: THE WASATCH FRONT INCLUDING SALT LAKE AND TOOELE
  VALLEYS...GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT...SANPETE AND SEVIER
  VALLEYS...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST UTAH.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING: DEVELOPING LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND LASTING INTO EARLY
  SATURDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ROUTES
  SUCH AS INTERSTATE 80 WHERE STRONG CROSS WINDS ARE FORECAST.
  BLOWING DUST MAY LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE.
  WIND SENSITIVE OPERATIONS WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58
MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$

ROGOWSKI

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
3 follow-up statements
799 
WWUS75 KSLC 181927
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
127 PM MDT FRI MAR 18 2011

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE SATURDAY...

.AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL GENERATE INCREASINGLY STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN VALLEYS SATURDAY. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL EXIST OVER THE FAR WESTERN VALLEYS NEAR THE NEVADA
BORDER LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

UTZ002-014-182030-
/O.CAN.KSLC.HW.A.0002.110319T1600Z-110320T0200Z/
NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGHAM CITY...OGDEN...BOUNTIFUL...
MANTI...RICHFIELD
127 PM MDT FRI MAR 18 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WATCH. 

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT. THESE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH WIND
CRITERIA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.


$$

UTZ003>005-015-016-190500-
/O.CON.KSLC.HW.A.0002.110319T1600Z-110320T0200Z/
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALT LAKE CITY...TOOELE...LEHI...
PROVO...NEPHI...WENDOVER...SNOWVILLE...DELTA...FILLMORE...
BEAVER...CEDAR CITY...MILFORD
127 PM MDT FRI MAR 18 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA: THE SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS...THE SOUTHERN
  WASATCH FRONT...THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT...WEST CENTRAL AND
  SOUTHWEST UTAH VALLEYS.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE
  POSSIBLE.

* TIMING: STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY
  MORNING...AND LASTING INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY TRAVELING 
  ON EAST WEST ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 80 WHERE STRONG CROSS 
  WINDS ARE FORECAST. BLOWING DUST MAY LOCALLY REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE. WIND SENSITIVE OPERATIONS 
  WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
931 
WWUS75 KSLC 182146
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
346 PM MDT FRI MAR 18 2011

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE SATURDAY...

.AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL GENERATE INCREASINGLY STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN VALLEYS SATURDAY. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL EXIST OVER THE FAR WESTERN VALLEYS NEAR THE
NEVADA BORDER LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

UTZ003>005-015-016-191045-
/O.CON.KSLC.HW.A.0002.110319T1600Z-110320T0200Z/
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALT LAKE CITY...TOOELE...LEHI...
PROVO...NEPHI...WENDOVER...SNOWVILLE...DELTA...FILLMORE...
BEAVER...CEDAR CITY...MILFORD
346 PM MDT FRI MAR 18 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA: THE SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS...THE SOUTHERN 
  WASATCH FRONT...THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT...WEST CENTRAL AND 
  SOUTHWEST UTAH VALLEYS. 

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE
  POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN VALLEYS. THE WESTERN SALT LAKE
  AND TOOELE VALLEYS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. 

* TIMING: STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...THEN
  INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE
  BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA LATER ON
  SATURDAY. 

* IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY TRAVELING ON EAST WEST
  ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 80 WHERE STRONG CROSS WINDS ARE
  FORECAST. BLOWING DUST MAY LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A
  HALF MILE. WIND SENSITIVE OPERATIONS WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
841 
WWUS75 KSLC 191031
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
431 AM MDT SAT MAR 19 2011


UTZ003-005-191145-
/O.CAN.KSLC.HW.A.0002.110319T1600Z-110320T0200Z/
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALT LAKE CITY...TOOELE...WENDOVER...
SNOWVILLE
431 AM MDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS AND THE GREAT
SALT LAKE DESERT.

WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA IN THE SALT
LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS AND THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERTS.
HOWEVER...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH
ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY.

$$

UTZ004-015-016-191800-
/O.UPG.KSLC.HW.A.0002.110319T1600Z-110320T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KSLC.WI.Y.0010.110319T1600Z-110320T0300Z/
SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEHI...PROVO...NEPHI...DELTA...
FILLMORE...BEAVER...CEDAR CITY...MILFORD
431 AM MDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA: THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT...AND WEST-CENTRAL AND
  SOUTHWEST UTAH.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED.

* TIMING: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...BECOMING
  STRONG LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL
  DECREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA LATE
  THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST WEST ROUTES WHERE
  STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE FORECAST. IN ADDITION...BLOWING DUST MAY
  RESULT IN LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND SENSITIVE
  OPERATIONS WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 31
MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN THE ADVISORY
AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN GUSTY CROSSWINDS WHICH CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT.

&&

$$

UTZ014-019-020-191800-
/O.NEW.KSLC.WI.Y.0010.110319T1600Z-110320T0300Z/
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANTI...RICHFIELD...ST GEORGE...KANAB...
ESCALANTE
431 AM MDT SAT MAR 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA: THE SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS...UTAHS DIXIE AND
  ZION NATIONAL PARK...AND SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED.

* TIMING: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...BECOMING
  STRONG LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL
  DECREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THIS
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST WEST ROUTES WHERE
  STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE FORECAST. IN ADDITION...BLOWING DUST MAY
  RESULT IN LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND SENSITIVE
  OPERATIONS WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 31
MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN THE ADVISORY
AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN GUSTY CROSSWINDS WHICH CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT.

&&

$$

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

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