Alert archive / Utah / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this wind advisory at May 10, 2012, 8:33 AM MDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2012, 8:33 AM MDT (14:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
219 WWUS75 KSLC 101433 NPWSLC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 833 AM MDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE WEST... .A DRY COLD FRONT SURGING THROUGH NORTHERN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH INTO CENTRAL UTAH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED SURFACE GRADIENT WILL GENERATE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE WEST DESERTS OF UTAH. UTZ005-101800- /O.NEW.KSLC.WI.Y.0021.120510T1433Z-120510T1800Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENDOVER...SNOWVILLE 833 AM MDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * AFFECTED AREA: GREAT SALT LAKE DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. * TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER MIDDAY...BUT MODERATE GUSTS WILL LINGER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...TRAILERS AND MOTORCYCLES. ROUTES MOST IMPACTED WILL BE ALONG INTERSTATE 80 WEST OF THE TOOELE VALLEY AND SR 30 WEST OF SNOWVILLE. 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.| && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE) FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT... HTTP://UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX
1 follow-up statement
239 WWUS75 KSLC 101804 NPWSLC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1204 PM MDT THU MAY 10 2012 .THE COLD FRONT THAT BROUGHT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO NORTHWESTERN UTAH HAS SURGED SOUTH INTO CENTRAL UTAH. THE RESULTANT NORTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT IS GRADUALLY WEAKENING AND WIND TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. UTZ005-101915- /O.EXP.KSLC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120510T1800Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENDOVER...SNOWVILLE 1204 PM MDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BUT IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL AS GUSTS FALL BELOW 40 MPH. $$ 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
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