Special Weather Statement for Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains; Tooele and Rush Valleys; Salt Lake Valley +1 more
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What you need to know
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- Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains, Salt Lake Valley, Tooele and Rush Valleys, Utah Valley
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What is happening
At 648 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Ophir, or 9 miles southeast of Tooele, moving north at 10 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Salt...
What the bulletin says to do
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Full official description
Bulletin details
At 648 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Ophir, or 9 miles southeast of Tooele, moving north at 10 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Tooele, Grantsville, West Jordan, South Jordan, Lehi, Riverton, Herriman, Eagle Mountain, Stansbury Park, Bluffdale, Cedar Fort, Ophir, Camp Williams, Tooele Army Depot, Magna, Oquirrh, Bingham Canyon Mine, and Kearns. This includes Interstate 80 in Utah between mile markers 78 and 111.
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Special Weather Statement issued July 21 at 6:48PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT
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Source and limitations
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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