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Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT

359 PM MDT Sat May 17 2025

 

UTZ101-102-172245-

Tooele and Rush Valleys UT-Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains UT-

359 PM MDT Sat May 17 2025



...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Tooele

County through 445 PM MDT

...



At 358 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near

Grantsville, moving northeast at 40 mph.



HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.



SOURCE...Radar indicated.



IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 

         unsecured objects.



Locations impacted include...

Grantsville, Stansbury Park, Delle, Tooele Army Depot, Skull Valley,

Great Salt Lake South of the Causeway, Lake Point, and Erda.



This includes Interstate 80 in Utah between mile markers 68 and 101.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 



If on or near the Great Salt Lake, get out of the water and move 

indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 

10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you 

are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter 

now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.



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LAT...LON 4101 11276 4095 11240 4071 11222 4043 11248

      4054 11287

TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 211DEG 36KT 4055 11253 



MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH



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JCW