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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

October 3, 20258 counties in Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this wind advisory at Oct 3, 2025, 12:54 AM MDT for 8 counties in Utah. It took effect at Oct 3, 2025, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2025, 12:54 AM MDT (06:54 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 3, 2025, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 3, 2025, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Counties Beaver County, UT, Garfield County, UT, Iron County, UT, Juab County, UT, Millard County, UT, Piute County, UT, Sevier County, UT, Washington County, UT

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 272 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2025-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2025-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

378 
WWUS75 KSLC 030654
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1254 AM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

UTZ115-122-040200-
/O.NEW.KSLC.WI.Y.0021.251003T1600Z-251004T0200Z/
Western Millard and Juab Counties-Southwest Utah-
Including the following locations - Delta, Beaver, Little Sahara,
Milford, and Cedar City
1254 AM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS 
EVENING...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph except 
  gusts to 55 mph near Cedar City and Milford.

* WHERE...Western Millard and Juab Counties and Southwest Utah.

* WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 8 PM MDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few 
  power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles and vehicles with trailers. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit 
https://weather.gov/saltlakecity.

For information on potential travel impacts visit 
http://udottraffic.utah.gov

CRK
1 follow-up statement
158 
WWUS75 KSLC 032030
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
230 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

UTZ119-126-040200-
/O.EXA.KSLC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-251004T0200Z/
Sevier Valley-Upper Sevier River Valleys-
Including the following locations - Koosharem, Salina,
Circleville, Richfield, and Panguitch
230 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Sevier Valley and Upper Sevier River Valleys.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM MDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few 
  power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles and vehicles with trailers. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

UTZ115-122-040200-
/O.CON.KSLC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-251004T0200Z/
Western Millard and Juab Counties-Southwest Utah-
Including the following locations - Beaver, Delta, Little Sahara,
Cedar City, and Milford
230 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph except 
  gusts to 55 mph near Cedar City and Milford.

* WHERE...Western Millard and Juab Counties and Southwest Utah.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM MDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few 
  power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles and vehicles with trailers. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit 
https://weather.gov/saltlakecity.

For information on potential travel impacts visit 
http://udottraffic.utah.gov

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 1:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCDavis40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.