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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 3, 2014

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this high wind warning at Jul 3, 2014, 2:21 PM MDT. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2014, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2014, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

272 
WWUS75 KSLC 032021
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
221 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2014


UTZ005-040000-
/O.NEW.KSLC.HW.W.0005.140703T2021Z-140704T0000Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENDOVER...SNOWVILLE
221 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT...INCLUDING
  INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN WENDOVER AND THE TOOELE VALLEY.

* WINDS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING
  NUMEROUS STRONG MICROBURST WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH.

* TIMING...STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE
  TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 COULD CREATE
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS 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 MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/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
660 
WWUS75 KSLC 032358
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
558 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2014


UTZ005-040100-
/O.EXP.KSLC.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140704T0000Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENDOVER...SNOWVILLE
558 PM MDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED STRONG MICROBURST WINDS HAVE
DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH
THIS EVENING MAY STILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 50
MPH ACROSS THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERTS.

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT...
HTTP://UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX

The office that day

Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCIron, Washington2 hr
Jul 3, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis48 min
Jul 3, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Salt Lake, Weber24 min

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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.