Day: August 17, 2024

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 630

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WW 630 SEVERE TSTM UT WY 171850Z – 180100Z
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 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 630
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1250 PM MDT Sat Aug 17 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Western and Central Utah Southwest Wyoming * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 1250 PM until 700 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Clusters of thunderstorms will spread across much of Utah
this afternoon and early evening, posing a risk of locally damaging
wind gusts and hail. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles east of Saint
George UT to 25 miles northeast of Salt Lake City UT. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
23030. ...Hart

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