Special Weather Statement for Lower Washington County; Southern Mountains
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Lower Washington County, Southern Mountains
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- Moderate
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- Observed
What is happening
At 331 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near St George, or 31 miles southwest of Zion National Park, moving north at 40 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....
What the bulletin says to do
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.
Full official description
Bulletin details
At 331 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near St George, or 31 miles southwest of Zion National Park, moving north at 40 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... St George, Washington, Santa Clara, Dameron Valley, Ivins, Snow Canyon State Park, Veyo, Pine Valley and Bloomington. This includes the following highways... Interstate 15 between mile markers 3 and 15. Utah Route 18 between mile markers 0 and 18...and between mile markers 21 and 30.
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- Alert
Special Weather Statement issued October 21 at 3:31PM 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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