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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1035 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
UTC017-021-025-053-181830-
/O.NEW.KSLC.SQ.W.0006.260218T1735Z-260218T1830Z/
GARFIELD UT-WASHINGTON UT-KANE UT-IRON UT-
1035 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH...
WESTERN KANE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
SOUTHEASTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 1130 AM MST.
* AT 1034 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF ZION NATIONAL PARK TO NEAR APPLE
VALLEY, MOVING EAST AT 45 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 CAMERAS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATION SYSTEMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES US ROUTE 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 108.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KANAB, ZION NATIONAL PARK, APPLE VALLEY, CEDAR BREAKS NATIONAL
MONUMENT, BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, VIRGIN, ORDERVILLE, SPRINGDALE,
GLENDALE, ROCKVILLE, ALTON, LONG VALLEY JUNCTION, MT CARMEL, AND
CORAL PINK SAND DUNES.
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 3751 11225 3705 11237 3707 11330 3763 11285
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 253DEG 41KT 3746 11300 3708 11319
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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