Special Weather Statement
NWS Salt Lake City UT ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Portions Of Northeastern Washington And South Central Iron Counties Through 945 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 902 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near New Harmony to 8 miles northwest of Zion National Park. Movement was north at 35 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Cedar City, Zion National Park, Kanarraville, Hamilton Fort, and Kolob Canyon. This includes the following highways... Interstate 15 between mile markers 38 and 60. Utah Route 56 between mile markers 47 and 61.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Southwest Utah
- Zion National Park
- Southern Mountains
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Salt Lake City UT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~35s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PN1RZFQETMRGYB82BMDTDH
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c9e02bdadd1aabdbbac4d1cc717b233be43fd84f.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Salt Lake City UT
- AWIPS ID
- CAPSLC
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4379
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSSLC |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KSLC 170302 |
| NWSheadline | Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Washington and south central Iron Counties through 945 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T03:02:00-00:00...storm...181DEG...28KT...37.44,-113.23 37.37,-113.17 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Southwest Utah
- Zion National Park
- Southern Mountains
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049001 |
| SAME | 049021 |
| SAME | 049053 |
| SAME | 049025 |
| SAME | 049017 |
| SAME | 049031 |
| SAME | 049055 |
| UGC | UTZ122 |
| UGC | UTZ124 |
| UGC | UTZ125 |
- Polygons
- 37.38,-113.23 37.41,-113.22 37.41,-113.26 37.42,-113.28 37.8,-113.34 37.8,-113.22 37.66,-113.01 37.31,-113.13 37.38,-113.23