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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1228 PM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013 UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-221300- CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH- UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 1228 PM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FLOWS IN THE RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY SWIFT AND COLD. WHILE FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED... THESE WATERWAYS ARE VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IF YOU ARE VENTURING OUT NEAR ANY RIVER OR STREAM FED BY SPRING SNOWMELT RUNOFF. PLEASE MONITOR YOUR CHILDREN IF THEY VENTURE NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS THIS SPRING. EVERY YEAR MANY CHILDREN FALL INTO SWOLLEN RIVERS AND STREAMS...AND SOME HAVE DROWNED IN THESE VERY COLD AND SWIFT WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY SWIFT AND COLD. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED NEAR THESE WATERWAYS...AND CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED. A WARM AND DRY AIR MASS WILL PERSIST OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. GUSTY DAYTIME SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA STARTING WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND. THESE WINDS WHEN COMBINED WITH THE DRY AIR MASS WILL TEND TO ACCELERATE DRYING OF THE FINE FUELS AND COULD LEAD TO HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH WHERE FUELS ARE NEARING CRITICALLY DRY LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE) FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT... HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX