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Special Weather Statement, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

September 13, 2016Garfield County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this special weather statement at Sep 13, 2016, 12:15 PM MDT for Garfield County, Utah. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2016, 12:15 PM MDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2016, 1:00 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

County Garfield County, UT

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Sep 13, 10:03 AM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 10:03 AM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 5:17 AM MDT, 6 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
517 AM MDT TUE SEP 13 2016

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-141230-
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-
517 AM MDT TUE SEP 13 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL BRING HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THE WESTERN OUTLOOK AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL BECOME
STRONG ENOUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN VALLEYS TO IMPACT TRAVEL WITH
STRONG CROSSWINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN OUTLOOK AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE COULD PRODUCE VERY STRONG
OUTFLOW WINDS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

COOLER AIR WILL SPREAD INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA ON WEDNESDAY. A
WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.

.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 ROAD TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 13, 12:15 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 12:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCEmery41 min
Sep 13, 1:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWayne51 min
Sep 13, 2:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCCarbon27 min
Sep 13, 2:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCEmery33 min
Sep 13, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCEmery31 min
Sep 13, 5:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis, Salt Lake33 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.