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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

February 18, 2013

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this winter storm watch at Feb 18, 2013, 2:21 PM MST. It took effect at Feb 19, 2013, 10:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2013, 2:21 PM MST (21:21 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2013, 10:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 19, 2013, 3:24 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 Feb 18, 9:00 AM MST, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 9:00 AM MST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 5:29 AM MST, 8 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
529 AM MST MON FEB 18 2013

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-191300-
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-
529 AM MST MON FEB 18 2013

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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE NEXT CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF THE WEEK. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. SNOW...LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY BEFORE DECREASING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
IN THE MOUNTAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME OF THE HIGHER VALLEYS TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY.

PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY BEFORE THE NEXT
STORM SYSTEM PUSHES A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA ON
SATURDAY. THIS COLD FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF
WIDESPREAD SNOW.

.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

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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.