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Winter Storm Watch 10, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

December 15, 2012

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this winter storm watch at Dec 15, 2012, 3:17 AM MST. It took effect at Dec 16, 2012, 4:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2012, 3:17 AM MST (10:17 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2012, 4:00 AM MST
Expired: Dec 15, 2012, 3:43 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City, UT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 15, 3:14 AM MST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 3:14 AM MST, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 3:17 AM MST, 0 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
317 AM MST SAT DEC 15 2012

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-161300-
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-
317 AM MST SAT DEC 15 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MINOR VALLEY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO LOCALLY SLICK OR
SNOW COVERED ROADS. ACCUMULATING MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS FORECAST SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA NORTH OF ABOUT I-80 FOR BOTH THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS.

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING YET ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW TO
THE OUTLOOK AREA BEGINNING ACROSS THE NORTH EARLY TUESDAY
SPREADING SOUTH DURING THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY THEN TAPER OFF. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE EARLY WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

ROGOWSKI

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
Dec 15, 3:43 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	SLC		4 days

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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.