WINTER STORM WATCH
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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SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALT LAKE CITY...TOOELE...LEHI...
PROVO...NEPHI
536 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AFFECTED AREA: THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SALT
LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS AND THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE
TOOELE VALLEY...SOUTHERN UTAH VALLEY...AS WELL AS ON THE BENCHES
OF SALT LAKE VALLEY. VALLEY FLOORS OUTSIDE OF TOOELE VALLEY ARE
EXPECTED TO RECEIVE LESS THAN 4 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN VERY LATE TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW
OCCURRING FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
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