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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
656 PM MDT WED AUG 27 2025
UTZ101-280130-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS UT-
656 PM MDT WED AUG 27 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN BOX
ELDER COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM MDT
...
AT 655 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT SALT LAKE NORTH OF
THE CAUSEWAY TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE
NORTH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 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...
GREAT SALT LAKE NORTH OF THE CAUSEWAY AND GUNNISON ISLAND.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS ON THE
GREAT SALT LAKE. THIS WILL LEAD TO A SUDDEN INCREASE IN WAVES AND
VERY CHOPPY WATERS WHICH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
BOATERS ARE URGED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4151 11255 4123 11270 4130 11298 4147 11289
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 272DEG 13KT 4143 11287 4132 11293
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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