Warning Vector

Special Weather Statement

NWS Salt Lake City UT ยท US

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Details

A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of Southeastern Salt Lake, Northwestern Wasatch And North Central Utah Counties Through 745 AM MDT

Event
Special Weather Statement
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Expected
Severity
Moderate
Certainty
Observed
Response
Execute

Description

Overview

At 659 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Pleasant Grove, or 10 miles northwest of Provo, moving northeast at 25 mph.

Hazard

Half inch hail.

Source

Radar indicated.

Impacts

Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Orem, Lehi, Draper, Pleasant Grove, American Fork, Heber, Lindon, Alpine, Vineyard, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Mountain State Park, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah Lake, Highland, Cedar Hills, Midway, Charleston, Alta, Snowbird, and Mt Timpanogos. This includes the following highways... Interstate 15 between mile markers 271 and 280. US Route 40 near mile marker 16.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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

  • Utah Valley
  • Wasatch Back
  • Wasatch Mountains South of I-80

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Salt Lake City UT

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~41s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M2T9KTKHVZGZN323HHY9MSEW
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b17587a754e76a5ab12f42808ff2ec5e4a48b9ff.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.1433
WMO heading
XOUS55
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
55

Event codes

NameValue
SAMESPS
NationalWeatherServiceSPS

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierSPSSLC
WMOidentifierWWUS85 KSLC 181259
NWSheadlineA strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Salt Lake, northwestern Wasatch and north central Utah Counties through 745 AM MDT
eventMotionDescription2026-09-18T12:59:00-00:00...storm...211DEG...22KT...40.37,-111.75
maxWindGustUp to 40 MPH
maxHailSize0.50
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Utah Valley
  • Wasatch Back
  • Wasatch Mountains South of I-80
NameValue
SAME049049
SAME049029
SAME049043
SAME049051
SAME049057
SAME049023
SAME049035
UGCUTZ106
UGCUTZ108
UGCUTZ111
Polygons
40.27,-111.75 40.33,-111.87 40.64,-111.73 40.52,-111.4 40.27,-111.75