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Snow Squall Warning 15, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

March 24, 20235 counties in Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this snow squall warning at Mar 24, 2023, 10:57 AM MDT for 5 counties in Utah. It was in force for 63 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: Mar 24, 2023, 10:57 AM MDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Davis County, UT, Morgan County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT, Tooele County, UT, Utah County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 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 Mar 24, 5:41 AM MDT, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 5:41 AM MDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 8:00 AM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 10:12 AM MDT, 45 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
Mar 23, 6:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Weber	48 min
Mar 23, 7:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Piute	55 min
Mar 24, 7:43 AM MDT	Snow Squall Warning	SLC	Davis, Salt Lake	17 min
Mar 24, 8:00 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Salt Lake	45 min
Mar 24, 10:12 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Davis, Tooele	33 min
Mar 24, 11:59 AM MDT	Snow Squall Warning	SLC	Juab, Millard, Tooele, Utah	31 min
Mar 24, 12:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Carbon, Emery	53 min
Mar 24, 1:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Duchesne	40 min
Mar 24, 1:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Emery	59 min
Mar 24, 1:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	SLC	Uinta	42 min

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Utah, 2023 Every snow squall warning in 2023

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.