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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1006 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
UTC021-053-181745-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SQ.W.0005.260218T1706Z-260218T1745Z/
WASHINGTON UT-IRON UT-
1006 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH...
SOUTHEASTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 1045 AM MST.
* AT 1005 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF NEW HARMONY TO NEAR QUAIL CREEK
STATE PARK, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 50 MPH COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED AND CONFIRMED BY WEBCAMS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 15 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 45.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ZION NATIONAL PARK, LA VERKIN, TOQUERVILLE, KOLOB CANYON, AND
PINTURA.
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 3750 11307 3724 11326 3732 11348 3753 11321
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 272DEG 27KT 3749 11319 3727 11339
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
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