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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1023 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013 UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-231200- 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- 1023 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND OTHERS TRAVELING ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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. GUSTY DAYTIME SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS 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