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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
531 PM MDT MON AUG 24 2026
UTZ025-250000-
TAVAPUTS PLATEAU UT-
531 PM MDT MON AUG 24 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN UINTAH COUNTY
THROUGH 600 PM MDT...
AT 531 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 41
MILES SOUTHWEST OF RANGELY, OR 51 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DUCHESNE,
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION AND
OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN UINTAH
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3964 10940 3970 10940 3976 10907 3954 10908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 274DEG 14KT 3966 10934
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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