197  
WWUS85 KSLC 111619  
SPSSLC  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT  
1019 AM MDT SAT APR 11 2026  
 
UTZ101-102-104-105-111645-  
SALT LAKE VALLEY UT-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT UT-  
TOOELE AND RUSH VALLEYS UT-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS UT-  
1019 AM MDT SAT APR 11 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN SALT  
LAKE, SOUTHWESTERN DAVIS AND NORTHEASTERN TOOELE COUNTIES THROUGH  
1045 AM MDT  
...  
 
AT 1018 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
STANSBURY PARK, OR NEAR TOOELE, MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SALT LAKE CITY, TOOELE, STANSBURY PARK, MAGNA, TOOELE ARMY DEPOT,  
BINGHAM CANYON MINE, GREAT SALT LAKE SOUTH OF THE CAUSEWAY, LAKE  
POINT, ERDA, AND ANTELOPE ISLAND STATE PARK.  
 
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.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN UTAH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 111.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
THIS STORM 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.  
 
IF ON OR NEAR THE GREAT SALT LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE  
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO  
10 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU  
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER  
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4051 11218 4054 11241 4098 11241 4094 11197  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1618Z 191DEG 39KT 4063 11227  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
JCW  
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