Special Weather Statement for Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains; Tooele and Rush Valleys; Utah Valley
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At 625 PM MDT, mesonet observations reported strong outflow winds along a line extending from 14 miles northwest of Utah Test and Training Range North to near Vernon. Movement was east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs...
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If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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Bulletin details
At 625 PM MDT, mesonet observations reported strong outflow winds along a line extending from 14 miles northwest of Utah Test and Training Range North to near Vernon. Movement was east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Tooele, Grantsville, Eagle Mountain, Stansbury Park, Cedar Fort, Vernon, Ophir, Delle, Tooele Army Depot, Utah Test and Training Range North, Skull Valley, Tooele Army Depot South, Camp Williams, Utah Lake, Great Salt Lake South of the Causeway, Stockton, Rush Valley, Fairfield, Erda, and Faust. This includes Interstate 80 in Utah between mile markers 51 and 94.
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Special Weather Statement issued August 10 at 6:26PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Salt Lake City UT. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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