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Non-Precipitation Warnings / Watches / Advisories
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT

000
WWUS75 KSLC 131827
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1227 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013

...COLD FRONT TO GENERATE STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN UTAH TODAY...

.A STRENGTHENING COLD FRONT WILL CROSS NORTHWEST UTAH THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL EXIST
AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN UTAH...WITH THE
STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS THE WEST-CENTRAL VALLEYS AND POINTS SOUTH.
GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN
UTAH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

UTZ003>005-140000-
/O.CAN.KSLC.WI.Y.0010.130614T1800Z-130615T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KSLC.WI.Y.0011.130613T1827Z-130614T0400Z/
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALT LAKE CITY...TOOELE...LEHI...
PROVO...NEPHI...WENDOVER...SNOWVILLE
1227 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


* AFFECTED AREA: THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WASATCH FRONT...THE
  TOOELE VALLEY AND THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS OF
  NORTHWEST UTAH.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND50
  MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE
  NORTHWEST AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY BEHIND A PASSING COLD
  FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL
  GRADUALLY AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL BE AT THEIR STRONGEST OUT OF THE SOUTH
  DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CROSS
  WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOCAL AREAS OF
  BLOWING DUST COULD DEVELOP AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES. INTERSTATE 80 ACROSS THE SALT FLATS...
  INTERSTATE 84 NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER AND STATE ROUTE 30
  ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST UTAH WILL RECEIVE THE GREATEST
  IMPACTS FROM THIS WIND EVENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
31 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN THE ADVISORY
AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS WHICH CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT.

&&



$$

UTZ014>016-019-020-140000-
/O.CAN.KSLC.WI.Y.0010.130614T1800Z-130615T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KSLC.WI.Y.0011.130613T1827Z-130614T0400Z/
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANTI...RICHFIELD...DELTA...FILLMORE...
BEAVER...CEDAR CITY...MILFORD...ST GEORGE...KANAB...ESCALANTE
1227 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


* AFFECTED AREA: THE WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST VALLEYS...UTAHS
  DIXIE REGION...THE SOUTH-CENTRAL VALLEYS...AND THE SANPETE AND
  SEVIER VALLEYS OF CENTRAL UTAH.

* WINDS: SOUTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH.
  THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OPEN AREAS OF THE
  WEST- CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST VALLEYS.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON...
  WITH PEAK WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
  THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATED SIGNIFICANT
  TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES FOR ALL HIGH-PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT
  VEHICLES ON ALL ROADWAYS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BLOWING DUST
  WILL LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN THE EXPOSED AGRICULTURAL
  AREAS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
31 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN THE ADVISORY
AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS WHICH CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT.

&&



$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT...
HTTP://UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX