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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this wind advisory at May 25, 2026, 12:59 PM MDT for 9 counties in Utah. It took effect at May 26, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2026, 12:59 PM MDT (18:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2026, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Counties Beaver County, UT, Box Elder County, UT, Iron County, UT, Juab County, UT, Millard County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT, Tooele County, UT, Utah County, UT, Washington County, UT
The radar
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The text
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501 WWUS75 KSLC 251859 NPWSLC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 1259 PM MDT Mon May 25 2026 UTZ115-261900- /O.NEW.KSLC.WI.Y.0012.260526T1800Z-260527T0600Z/ Western Millard and Juab Counties- Including the following locations - Little Sahara and Delta 1259 PM MDT Mon May 25 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected, especially near terrain features along US-50 in western Millard county. * WHERE...Western Millard and Juab Counties. * WHEN...From noon Tuesday to midnight MDT Tuesday Night. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few power outages may result. Localized blowing dust may also restrict surface visibility, generating potentially hazardous travel conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles and vehicles with trailers. Use extra caution. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/saltlakecity. For information on potential travel impacts visit http://udottraffic.utah.gov Webber
3 follow-up statements
471 WWUS75 KSLC 260344 NPWSLC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 944 PM MDT Mon May 25 2026 UTZ122-261845- /O.EXA.KSLC.WI.Y.0012.260526T1800Z-260527T0600Z/ Southwest Utah- Including the following locations - Cedar City, Milford, and Beaver 944 PM MDT Mon May 25 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Southwest Utah. * WHEN...From noon Tuesday to midnight MDT Tuesday Night. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few power outages may result. Localized blowing dust may also restrict surface visibility, generating potentially hazardous travel conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles and vehicles with trailers. Use extra caution. && $$ UTZ115-261845- /O.CON.KSLC.WI.Y.0012.260526T1800Z-260527T0600Z/ Western Millard and Juab Counties- Including the following locations - Delta and Little Sahara 944 PM MDT Mon May 25 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected, especially near terrain features along US-50 in western Millard county. * WHERE...Western Millard and Juab Counties. * WHEN...From noon Tuesday to midnight MDT Tuesday Night. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few power outages may result. Localized blowing dust may also restrict surface visibility, generating potentially hazardous travel conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles and vehicles with trailers. Use extra caution. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/saltlakecity. For information on potential travel impacts visit http://udottraffic.utah.gov MT
485 WWUS75 KSLC 261442 NPWSLC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 842 AM MDT Tue May 26 2026 UTZ101-270545- /O.EXA.KSLC.WI.Y.0012.260526T1800Z-260527T0600Z/ Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains- Including the following locations - Wendover, Park Valley, and Dugway 842 AM MDT Tue May 26 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains. * WHEN...From noon today to midnight MDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Areas of blowing dust may reduce visibility. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles and vehicles with trailers. Use extra caution. && $$ UTZ115-122-270545- /O.CON.KSLC.WI.Y.0012.260526T1800Z-260527T0600Z/ Western Millard and Juab Counties-Southwest Utah- Including the following locations - Milford, Delta, Beaver, Little Sahara, and Cedar City 842 AM MDT Tue May 26 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Western Millard and Juab Counties and Southwest Utah. * WHEN...From noon today to midnight MDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Areas of blowing dust may reduce visibility. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles and vehicles with trailers. Use extra caution. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/saltlakecity. For information on potential travel impacts visit http://udottraffic.utah.gov CRK
755 WWUS75 KSLC 270628 NPWSLC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 1228 AM MDT Wed May 27 2026 UTZ101-115-122-270730- /O.EXP.KSLC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-260527T0600Z/ Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains-Western Millard and Juab Counties-Southwest Utah- Including the following locations - Wendover, Milford, Delta, Dugway, Beaver, Little Sahara, Park Valley, and Cedar City 1228 AM MDT Wed May 27 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Winds have diminished across the region, thus the Wind Advisory has been allowed to expire. $$ 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at May 25, 12:27 PM MDT, 32 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Temperatures will stay mild for Memorial Day, with scattered afternoon showers with a few thunderstorms developing over the higher terrain. Any storms that develop will be capable of producing gusty and erratic winds.
- Strong southerly winds are expected to develop over central and southern Utah from Tuesday through Thursday, raising concerns for near-critical to critical fire weather conditions. Peak winds will shift from a portion of western Utah on Tuesday to the eastern Utah valleys on Wednesday and Thursday.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 12:27 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 1227 PM MDT Mon May 25 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Temperatures will stay mild for Memorial Day, with scattered afternoon showers with a few thunderstorms developing over the higher terrain. Any storms that develop will be capable of producing gusty and erratic winds. - Strong southerly winds are expected to develop over central and southern Utah from Tuesday through Thursday, raising concerns for near-critical to critical fire weather conditions. Peak winds will shift from a portion of western Utah on Tuesday to the eastern Utah valleys on Wednesday and Thursday. && .DISCUSSION...A weak shortwave disturbance will push into Utah from the south through the remainder of today and through the overnight hours, helping to initiate an organized area of scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Initially, showers and thunderstorms will be tied to the mountainous terrain and adjacent valley areas (as is currently being observed via satellite and radar). As more robust lift is introduced into the region, coverage of showers will expand across southern Utah this evening and continue into the overnight hours, eventually shifting northward into the Uinta Basin by early Tuesday morning. With moisture being relocated farther northward by Tuesday, the potential for showers and thunderstorms will be greatest from about western Emery County north to northeastward to Uinta County, Wyoming. The main threat with these showers/ thunderstorms will be the potential for brief downbursts to create wind gusts in excess of 40-45 mph. Brief moderate rainfall rates will also be possible, however, flash flooding is not expected as the near- surface environment remains very dry. Coincident with this weak shortwave disturbance moving through the area through Tuesday, a deep upper-level low will drop into the Great Basin region through Tuesday and a portion of Wednesday, remaining quasi-stationary through the end of the week. As we remain on the eastern periphery of this feature throughout the week, enhanced southerly winds are expected to develop across a portion of southern and central Utah from Tuesday through at least Thursday afternoon. For Tuesday afternoon, the strongest winds in the forecast area will be expected across Utah's west-central valley areas, particularly western Millard County and a portion of northwestern Beaver County. These strong winds will migrate into the eastern valleys by Wednesday morning, and will remain over the eastern valleys through at least Thursday afternoon. Model guidance is placing a high probability (70-90% chance) for wind gusts in excess of 45 mph over western Emery and Carbon Counties for both Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. Additionally, there is upwards of a 30-40% for isolated wind gusts in excess of 55 mph from Huntington southward through Ferron late Wednesday and Thursday mornings through the early afternoon. Given that the moisture tied to this area of low pressure will be west of the forecast area, surface conditions are anticipated to remain largely dry through the upcoming week. These dry conditions will pair with the strong southerly winds and dry fuels to create critical or near-critical fire weather conditions across a portion of central and southern Utah from Tuesday through Thursday. Again, most of the moisture tied to this system will be located over the central Great Basin which will keep daily precipitation chances low through at least Thursday. The only areas that will see anywhere from a 15-30% chance of showers and thunderstorms will be far western Utah near the Nevada border. As this system finally begins to lift out of the region around Friday/ Saturday, we'll see chances for precipitation begin to increase over the northern area, but still only remaining in the 15-30% range. Aside from the more impactful weather, temperatures will be trending downward into Tuesday and Wednesday, remaining stagnant on Thursday, then trending down again into Friday as the center of the low pressure system moves through the region. Warming temperatures and drying conditions will spread over the region Saturday forward as weak high pressure develops over the area once again. && .AVIATION...KSLC...Isolated high based showers with a low (~10%) chance of thunderstorms into early Monday evening. Main impact in vicinity of such activity would be erratic and gusty outflow wind gusts to around 35 kts. Southerly winds return overnight, with a small (~10-20%) chance of an isolated shower between around 09Z-15Z Tuesday morning. Modestly southerly gusty winds expected to then prevail through Tuesday, with isolated high based showers once again possible. .REST OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING...Isolated to scattered high based showers will develop through the afternoon, especially off of Utah's high terrain, drifting north thereafter. In the vicinity of these showers, erratic and gusty outflow winds around 30-40 kts may develop. Additionally there is around a 10-20% chance of lightning in this activity. Isolated to scattered shower chances are maintained especially along/east of the high terrain overnight into Tuesday, with high based convection once again developing through the afternoon. && .FIRE WEATHER...Isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop through the remainder of the daylight hours across much of Utah's high mountainous terrain along and east of the I-15 corridor. Any significantly developed showers will carry potential to produce strong outflow winds in excess of 45 mph alongside low chances for wetting rains. Expect an area of scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms to continue through the overnight hours across central Utah (mainly east of the I-15 corridor), pushing into the Uinta Basin by the early morning hours on Tuesday. Moisture and instability will linger over the northern region through Tuesday, bringing more potential for isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms. Strong southerly winds are expected to begin developing on Tuesday afternoon, primarily over the western half of Utah. Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph pairing with relative humidity around 13-17% will create areas of near-critical fire weather conditions, with isolated critical fire weather conditions developing where fuels are critically dry in southwest and west-central Utah. These strong winds will shift into the eastern Utah valleys on Wednesday and Thursday (mainly in central and southern Utah) and will pair with relative humidity around 10-15% to create critical fire weather conditions for multiple days. There is generally high confidence that critical fire weather conditions will develop across western Emery and Carbon Counties, with moderate confidence in similar conditions developing in eastern Garfield and Kane Counties. After Thursday, a cooling and moistening trend is expected into Friday with conditions warming and drying from Saturday forward. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...None. WY...None. && PUBLIC...Webber AVIATION...Warthen FIRE WEATHER...Webber For more information from NOAA's National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/saltlakecity
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 12:28 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1228 PM MDT Mon May 25 2026
UTZ111>113-251900-
Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs UT-Western Uinta Mountains UT-
Wasatch Mountains South of I-80 UT-
1228 PM MDT Mon May 25 2026
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Wasatch and
central Utah Counties through 100 PM MDT
...
At 1227 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles east of Mapleton, or 17 miles east of Provo, moving north at 10
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Wasatch and
central Utah Counties.
This includes US Route 40 between mile markers 31 and 38.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4014 11127 4014 11141 4035 11149 4035 11117
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 181DEG 9KT 4018 11133
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
STWSpecial weather statement, May 25, 12:43 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1243 PM MDT Mon May 25 2026
UTZ109-110-251915-
Bear Lake and Bear River Valley UT-Wasatch Mountains I-80 North UT-
1243 PM MDT Mon May 25 2026
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Rich County
through 115 PM MDT
...
At 1243 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Randolph, moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Laketown and Bear Lake.
This includes Utah Route 30 between mile markers 119 and 130.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4163 11130 4174 11143 4193 11126 4171 11110
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 225DEG 4KT 4171 11130
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
STWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Wasatch | 32 min |
| May 25, 12:43 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | SLC | Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Kane, San Juan and 2 more | 47 hr |
| May 25, 12:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Rich | 32 min |
| May 25, 1:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Utah | 24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.