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Snow Squall Warning 12, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

February 28, 20234 counties in Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this snow squall warning at Feb 28, 2023, 4:47 AM MST for 4 counties in Utah. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2023, 4:47 AM MST (11:47 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2023, 5:30 AM MST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Beaver County, UT, Garfield County, UT, Iron County, UT, Washington County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow squall warning 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 snow squall warning went out at Feb 27, 4:19 PM MST, 12 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 4:19 PM MST, 12 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 27, 11:19 PM MST, 5 hours 28 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 11:19 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	SLC		41 min
Feb 27, 11:58 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	SLC	Tooele	62 min
Feb 28, 12:42 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	SLC	Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele	63 min
Feb 28, 1:45 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	SLC	Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Morgan, Weber	15 min
Feb 28, 1:48 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	SLC	Davis, Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, Weber	42 min
Feb 28, 2:38 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	SLC	Salt Lake, Summit, Utah	22 min
Feb 28, 2:49 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	SLC	Utah, Wasatch	26 min
Feb 28, 3:21 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	SLC	Beaver, Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier	39 min
Feb 28, 3:37 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	SLC	Uinta	68 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.