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SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
934 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
UTC021-181700-
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IRON UT-
934 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
EASTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 1000 AM MST.
* AT 933 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF PARAGONAH TO CEDAR CITY, MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ASSOCIATED
WITH INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING
TO BLOWING SNOW. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 50 MPH COULD
KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED AND CONFIRMED BY OBSERVATIONS. AT 925 AM
MST, THE CEDAR CITY AIRPORT RECORDED A WIND GUST TO 75
MPH.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 15 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 99.
UTAH ROUTE 56 NEAR MILE MARKER 61.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CEDAR CITY, ENOCH, PAROWAN, PARAGONAH, CEDAR BREAKS NATIONAL
MONUMENT, SUMMIT, AND BRIAN HEAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW SQUALL PASSES
YOUR LOCATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD
TO ACCIDENTS.
LAT...LON 3760 11314 3812 11281 3813 11248 3756 11292
TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 268DEG 29KT 3806 11285 3767 11310
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
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