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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Apr 2, 2011, 3:42 PM MDT for Salt Lake County, Utah. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2011, 3:42 PM MDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2011, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
County Salt Lake County, UT
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 2, 3:27 PM MDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 3:27 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 335 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011 UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-031400- 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- 335 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OUTLOOK AREA INTO THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. RAIN AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING WITH THIS PRECIPITATION SHIFTING SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH SNOW LEVELS WILL COMBINE TO BRING A FLOOD THREAT TO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. AREAS MOST PRONE TO FLOODING INCLUDE THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND SMALL DRAINAGES ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT REACHING CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION EXPECTED AS SNOW LEVELS LOWER OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO THE NORTHERN VALLEY FLOORS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATING SNOWS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SUNDAY WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF FROM THE NORTH DURING THE DAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHERN OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY MORNING THEN TAPER OFF BY EVENING. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS. TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WILL BE 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN SUNDAY NIGHT BRINGING CALMER AND DRIER WEATHER ALONG WITH CHILLY OVERNIGHT LOWS. THE HIGH WILL BRING A WARMING TREND MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE NEXT PACIFIC WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL REACH THE GREAT BASIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER MUCH COLDER SYSTEM TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 3:42 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:28 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | SLC | 20 hr | |
| Apr 2, 4:55 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | SLC | 34 hr |
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Special Weather Statements in Utah, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.