Special Weather Statement
NWS Salt Lake City UT ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of South Central Box Elder And Northern Tooele Counties Through 630 AM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 551 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles east of Utah Test and Training Range North, or 44 miles northwest of Grantsville, moving northeast at 35 mph.
Hazard
Penny size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Great Salt Lake North of the Causeway, Utah Test and Training Range North, Gunnison Island, and Lakeside. This storm will be capable of producing strong gusty winds on the Great Salt Lake. This will lead to a sudden increase in waves and very choppy waters which will result in hazardous boating conditions. Boaters are urged to seek safe harbor if possible.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
Affected areas
- Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Salt Lake City UT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2T5QHDTVJ3XZ41WSEBMTCHQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ab4ddb972be64408a96954117be2e958ec7f26e7.001.1
- 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.9660
- 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 181151 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central Box Elder and northern Tooele Counties through 630 AM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T11:51:00-00:00...storm...210DEG...32KT...41.07,-113.04 |
| maxWindGust | Up to 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 049003 |
| SAME | 049035 |
| SAME | 049045 |
| SAME | 049049 |
| UGC | UTZ101 |
- Polygons
- 40.95,-113.03 41.04,-113.19 41.56,-112.91 41.36,-112.44 40.95,-113.03