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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1208 PM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
UTZ128-131-161900-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH UT-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL UT-
1208 PM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SAN
JUAN AND SOUTHEASTERN KANE COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM MDT
...
AT 1208 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES EAST OF LAKE POWELL, OR 53 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ESCALANTE, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE POWELL AND DANGLING ROPE MARINA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS ON LAKE
POWELL. 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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3700 11128 3746 11105 3735 11074 3700 11102
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 204DEG 18KT 3712 11107
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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