Alert archive / Wyoming / High Wind Watches in 2012
High Wind Watch 11, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this high wind watch at Oct 15, 2012, 4:27 AM MDT for Uinta County, Wyoming. It took effect at Oct 16, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 15, 2012, 4:27 AM MDT (10:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 16, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2012, 3:43 AM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
County Uinta County, WY
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
717 WWUS75 KSLC 151027 NPWSLC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 427 AM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...STRONG COLD FRONT TO GENERATE HIGH WINDS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A STRENGTHENING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT INTO NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING LATE TUESDAY. THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN STRONG AS IT SWEEPS SOUTH THROUGH UTAH TUESDAY NIGHT. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. ACROSS EASTERN UTAH STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL DEVELOP FROM THE PRICE AREA SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN EMERY COUNTY...AND THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN UTAH BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. UTZ005-WYZ021-152100- /O.NEW.KSLC.HW.A.0011.121016T2000Z-121017T1500Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENDOVER...SNOWVILLE...EVANSTON 427 AM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE SALT FLATS AND UINTA COUNTY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING. * WINDS: WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL REACH NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ALONG OPEN AREAS OF ALL MAJOR HIGHWAYS WILL EXPERIENCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM THE HIGH WINDS. INTERSTATE ROUTES 80...84 AND 15 ALONG WITH STATE ROUTE 30 IN NORTHWEST UTAH WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS HIGH WIND EVENT. 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. && $$ UTZ011>013-152100- /O.NEW.KSLC.HW.A.0011.121017T0000Z-121017T1800Z/ WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUCHESNE...ROOSEVELT...PRICE... CASTLE DALE...EMERY...GREEN RIVER...HANKSVILLE 427 AM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN...CASTLE COUNTRY AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL OF EASTERN UTAH. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE UINTA BASIN...AND IN THE AREAS PRONE TO STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS NEAR PRICE UTAH...THEN SOUTH ALONG THE STATE ROUTE 10 CORRIDOR TO INTERSTATE 70. * TIMING: STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG OVERNIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE UINTA BASIN AND AREAS TO THE EAST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN CARBON AND WESTERN EMERY COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO THE STRONG AND QUITE GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE) FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT... HTTP://UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX
3 follow-up statements
992 WWUS75 KSLC 152110 NPWSLC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 310 PM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...STRONG COLD FRONT TO GENERATE HIGH WINDS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A STRENGTHENING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT INTO NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING LATE TUESDAY. THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN STRONG AS IT SWEEPS SOUTH THROUGH UTAH TUESDAY NIGHT. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. ACROSS EASTERN UTAH STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL DEVELOP FROM THE PRICE AREA SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN EMERY COUNTY...AND THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN UTAH BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. UTZ011-160600- /O.UPG.KSLC.HW.A.0011.121017T0000Z-121017T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KSLC.HW.W.0016.121016T2000Z-121017T1500Z/ WESTERN UINTA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUCHESNE...ROOSEVELT 310 PM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING TUESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG OVERNIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE UINTA BASIN WILL BE HAMPERED DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...CAN BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AT TIMES IN HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHILE CROSSING BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX. && $$ UTZ005-WYZ021-160600- /O.UPG.KSLC.HW.A.0011.121016T2000Z-121017T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KSLC.HW.W.0016.121016T2000Z-121017T1500Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENDOVER...SNOWVILLE...EVANSTON 310 PM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL REACH NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL ALONG OPEN AREAS OF ALL MAJOR HIGHWAYS WILL EXPERIENCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM THE HIGH WINDS. INTERSTATE ROUTES 80...84 AND 15 ALONG WITH STATE ROUTE 30 IN NORTHWEST UTAH WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS HIGH WIND EVENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...CAN BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AT TIMES IN HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHILE CROSSING BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX. && $$ UTZ007>010-160600- /O.NEW.KSLC.WI.Y.0034.121016T1800Z-121017T1800Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODRUFF...RANDOLPH...ALTA...BRIGHTON... MIRROR LAKE HIGHWAY...SCOFIELD 310 PM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE MIDDAY TUESDAY BEFORE PEAKING TUESDAY EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. THESE WINDS COUPLED WITH LIGHT RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW OVER 8500 FEET MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS GUARDSMAN PASS...MONTE CRISTO AND BALD MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN GUSTY CROSSWINDS WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX. && $$ UTZ004-160600- /O.NEW.KSLC.WI.Y.0034.121016T2200Z-121017T0400Z/ SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEHI...PROVO...NEPHI 310 PM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT...FOCUSED FROM POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN SOUTH THROUGH LEHI. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS INTO THE 50 MPH RANGE * TIMING: NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE EVENING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 15 FROM POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN SOUTH THROUGH LEHI WILL EXPERIENCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 31 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN GUSTY CROSSWINDS WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX. && $$ UTZ012-013-160600- /O.CON.KSLC.HW.A.0011.121017T0000Z-121017T1800Z/ CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRICE...CASTLE DALE...EMERY... GREEN RIVER...HANKSVILLE 310 PM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: CASTLE COUNTRY AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AREAS PRONE TO STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS NEAR PRICE UTAH...THEN SOUTH ALONG THE STATE ROUTE 10 CORRIDOR TO INTERSTATE 70. * TIMING: STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE SECOND HALF OF THE NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS ALONG UTAH STATE HIGHWAY 10 WILL EXPERIENCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS. 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) FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT... HTTP://UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX
020 WWUS75 KSLC 160417 NPWSLC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1017 PM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...STRONG COLD FRONT TO GENERATE HIGH WINDS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING LATE TUESDAY THEN SWEEP SOUTH THROUGH UTAH TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT IN EASTERN UTAH VALLEYS FROM THE PRICE AREA SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN EMERY COUNTY...AND THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ACROSS EASTERN UTAH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. UTZ005-011-WYZ021-161330- /O.CON.KSLC.HW.W.0016.121016T2000Z-121017T1500Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WESTERN UINTA BASIN- SOUTHWEST WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENDOVER...SNOWVILLE...DUCHESNE... ROOSEVELT...EVANSTON 1017 PM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT... THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL REMAIN STRONG WELL INTO THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE FROM THE WEST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS WILL BE HAMPERED DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. AFFECTED ROUTES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-80... I-84...US-40 AND SR-10. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...CAN BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AT TIMES IN HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION... ESPECIALLY WHILE CROSSING BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX. && $$ UTZ007>010-161330- /O.CON.KSLC.WI.Y.0034.121016T1800Z-121017T1800Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODRUFF...RANDOLPH...ALTA...BRIGHTON... MIRROR LAKE HIGHWAY...SCOFIELD 1017 PM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE MIDDAY TUESDAY BEFORE PEAKING TUESDAY EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. THESE WINDS COUPLED WITH SNOW SHOWERS OVER 8500 FEET LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS GUARDSMAN PASS...MONTE CRISTO AND BALD MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN GUSTY CROSSWINDS WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX. && $$ UTZ004-161330- /O.CON.KSLC.WI.Y.0034.121016T2200Z-121017T0400Z/ SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEHI...PROVO...NEPHI 1017 PM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM MDT TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT...FOCUSED FROM POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN SOUTH THROUGH LEHI. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS INTO THE 50 MPH RANGE * TIMING: NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE EVENING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 15 FROM POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN SOUTH THROUGH LEHI WILL EXPERIENCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 31 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN GUSTY CROSSWINDS WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX. && $$ UTZ012-013-161330- /O.CON.KSLC.HW.A.0011.121017T0000Z-121017T1800Z/ CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRICE...CASTLE DALE...EMERY... GREEN RIVER...HANKSVILLE 1017 PM MDT MON OCT 15 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: CASTLE COUNTRY AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE STATE ROUTE 10 CORRIDOR FROM NEAR PRICE SOUTH TO INTERSTATE 70. * TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TUESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL INTENSIFY AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS ALONG UTAH STATE ROUTE 10 WILL EXPERIENCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BECOME AIRBORNE AND CAUSE DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS. 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) FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT... HTTP://UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX
162 WWUS75 KSLC 160943 NPWSLC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 343 AM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...STRONG COLD FRONT TO GENERATE HIGH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SWEEP SOUTH THROUGH UTAH TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING...WITH STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS DEVELOPING TONIGHT IN THE EASTERN UTAH VALLEYS FROM THE PRICE AREA SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN EMERY COUNTY...AND THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING LATER TONIGHT...THEN ACROSS EASTERN UTAH WEDNESDAY MORNING. UTZ012-013-161800- /O.UPG.KSLC.HW.A.0011.121017T0000Z-121017T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KSLC.HW.W.0016.121017T0300Z-121017T1800Z/ CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRICE...CASTLE DALE...EMERY... GREEN RIVER...HANKSVILLE 343 AM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: CASTLE COUNTRY AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE STATE ROUTE 10 CORRIDOR FROM NEAR PRICE SOUTH TO INTERSTATE 70. * TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL INTENSIFY AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS ALONG STATE ROUTE 10 WILL EXPERIENCE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BECOME AIRBORNE AND CAUSE DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...CAN BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AT TIMES IN HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHILE CROSSING BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX. && $$ UTZ005-011-WYZ021-161800- /O.CON.KSLC.HW.W.0016.121016T2000Z-121017T1500Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WESTERN UINTA BASIN- SOUTHWEST WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENDOVER...SNOWVILLE...DUCHESNE... ROOSEVELT...EVANSTON 343 AM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT...THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL REMAINS STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING... THEN SLOWLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. IN THE UINTA BASIN WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY MORNING...THOUGH SPEEDS WILL BE SLOWLY DECREASING DURING THE DAY. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS WILL BE HAMPERED DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. AFFECTED ROUTES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-80... I-84 AND US-40. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...CAN BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AT TIMES IN HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION... ESPECIALLY WHILE CROSSING BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND UNSHELTERED AREAS. FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX. && $$ UTZ007>010-161800- /O.CON.KSLC.WI.Y.0034.121016T1800Z-121017T1800Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODRUFF...RANDOLPH...ALTA...BRIGHTON... MIRROR LAKE HIGHWAY...SCOFIELD 343 AM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF UTAH. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN PEAK THIS EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS EXPOSED TERRAIN. THESE WINDS COUPLED WITH SHOWERS LATER TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS GUARDSMAN PASS...MONTE CRISTO AND BALD MOUNTAIN SUMMIT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN GUSTY CROSSWINDS WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX. && $$ UTZ004-161800- /O.CON.KSLC.WI.Y.0034.121016T2200Z-121017T0400Z/ SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEHI...PROVO...NEPHI 343 AM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT...FOCUSED FROM THE UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTY LINE SOUTH THROUGH LEHI. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS INTO THE 50 MPH RANGE. * TIMING: NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MID EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 15 FROM THE UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTY LINE THROUGH LEHI WILL EXPERIENCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. 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 INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT... HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE) FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT... HTTP://UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX
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 Oct 14, 9:34 PM MDT, 6 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 9:34 PM MDT, 6 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 934 PM MDT SUN OCT 14 2012 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT MONDAY. A STRONG BUT MOSTLY DRY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS UTAH TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. && .DISCUSSION...RIDGE CONDITIONS ARE PROVIDING CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS FOR THE CWA TONIGHT. A PACIFIC SHORT WAVE TROF WILL PASS WELL TO OUR NORTH MONDAY BRINGING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS TO NORTHERN UT ALONG WITH A WEAK DRY COLD FRONT. SHORT WAVE RIDGING BRIEFLY RETURNS TO THE CWA EARLY TUE THEN GIVES WAY AGAIN AS A STRONG BUT LOW AMPLITUDE PAC TROF RIPS THRU THE NRN ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS TUE AFTN/NIGHT. IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME THAT THE MAIN IMPACT ON THE CWA FROM THIS WAVE WILL BE THE WINDS WITH FAIRLY STRONG GUSTS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NRN AND CENTRAL UT. THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR A DOWNSLOPE HIGH WIND EVENT FOR DUCHESNE...WESTERN EMERY AND WESTERN CARBON COUNTIES DOWNWIND OF THE WASATCH PLATEAU TUE NIGHT INTO EARLY WED. THE ONLY SUPPORT FOR PRECIP COMES BRIEFLY WITH SURFACE COLD FRONT AND THE NOSE OF THE UPPER JET ACROSS THE NORTH ON TUE AFTN AS THERE IS REALLY NO SUPPORT FROM COLD AIR ALOFT. THIS WOULD ALSO OCCUR BEFORE THE MID LEVELS WILL HAVE HAD MUCH OF A CHANCE TO COOL DOWN SO SNOW LEVELS WOULD BE VERY HIGH...ABOVE 9000 FT AND EXPECT NO IMPACT FROM THE LITTLE IF ANY PRECIP THAT OCCURS. RIDGING RETURNS FOR THE LATTER PORTION OF THE WEEK THEN BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. THE 18Z GFS CONTINUED TO SHOW A SIGNIFICANT PATTERN CHANGE FOR THE WEEKEND AND THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK...SIMILAR TO THE 12Z GFS AND EC. CONFIDENCE HOWEVER IS STILL QUITE LOW ON THE DETAILS AND TIMING OF THIS PATTERN SHIFT...INCLUDING ON JUST HOW MUCH COLD AIR ACTUALLY REACHES THE CWA. IF THIS SYSTEM DOES EVOLVE AS CURRENTLY FORECAST...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT EARLY SEASON LAKE EFFECT EVENT ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT. NO UPDATES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...SURFACE WINDS AT THE SLC TERMINAL ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VFR CONDITIONS UNDER CLEAR SKIES WILL ALSO PREVAIL THROUGH THE NIGHT. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...NONE. WY...NONE. && WILENSKY FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE) FOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY/GENERAL/AFD_FAQS.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 12:00 PM MDT, 16 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1200 PM MDT SUN OCT 14 2012 UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-151200- 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- 1200 PM MDT SUN OCT 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS FAVORED CANYONS AND DOWNSLOPE AREAS ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN UTAH TUESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH. SNOW LEVELS MAY DROP AS LOW AS 7000 FEET LATER TUESDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ANYONE TRAVELING ACROSS THE HIGHER PASSES OF NORTHERN UTAH TUESDAY EVENING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND PREPARE FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE CAUSED BY A STRENGTHENING PACIFIC SYSTEM THAT WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL CROSS UTAH TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BRINGING PRECIPITATION TO NORTHERN UTAH AND GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE REGION. .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) FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT... HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 3:10 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | SLC | 45 hr | |
| Oct 15, 3:10 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | SLC | 36 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.