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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1001 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
UTC001-017-021-025-031-181800-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SQ.W.0003.260218T1701Z-260218T1800Z/
PIUTE UT-GARFIELD UT-KANE UT-BEAVER UT-IRON UT-
1001 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN PIUTE COUNTY IN CENTRAL UTAH...
WESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
NORTHWESTERN KANE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
SOUTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
EASTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 1100 AM MST.
* AT 1000 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF BEAVER TO NEAR CEDAR BREAKS NATIONAL
MONUMENT, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 50 MPH COULD
KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED AND CONFIRMED BY UDOT WEBCAMS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 15 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 103.
US ROUTE 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 171.
UTAH ROUTE 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 12.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JUNCTION, PANGUITCH, HATCH, ANTIMONY, PANGUITCH LAKE, RED CANYON,
CEDAR BREAKS NATIONAL MONUMENT, BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK,
CIRCLEVILLE, KINGSTON, BRIAN HEAD, HILLSDALE, AND ANGLE.
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 3835 11191 3751 11225 3763 11285 3834 11257
TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 257DEG 42KT 3827 11253 3770 11278
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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