WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 537 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
.A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS NEVADA
TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO UTAH
WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS PRIMARILY WESTERN
AND SOUTHERN UTAH. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS
BY LATE TONIGHT...THEN BECOME MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE DAY
ON TUESDAY. AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER OVER AND NEAR
FAVORED TERRAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...THEN END
MOST AREAS WEDNESDAY EVENING.
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GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WENDOVER...SNOWVILLE...DELTA...
FILLMORE...BEAVER...CEDAR CITY...MILFORD
536 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM MST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3
AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM MST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA: THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE VALLEYS OF
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST UTAH.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT WILL
PRIMARILY OCCUR SOUTH OF I-80. IN THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
VALLEYS...THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE I-15
CORRIDOR FROM FILLMORE TO BEAVER.
* TIMING: SNOW OR A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN WILL BEGIN VERY LATE
TONIGHT AND BECOME ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.
* SNOW LEVELS: BEGINNING NEAR 5500 FEET BUT FALLING TO VALLEY
FLOOR TUESDAY MORNING.
* WINDS: BREEZY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING RESULT IN LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH WINDS COMBINED
WITH HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS. TRAVEL TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL BE DIFFICULT IN THESE AREAS AND
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS. USE
CAUTION. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.
FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.
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