Headline:
Special Weather Statement issued May 29 at 5:57PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
May 29, 2026 - 4:57pm
Expires:
May 29, 2026 - 5:45pm
Description:
At 556 PM MDT, trained weather spotters reported a strong
thunderstorm over Draper, or near Sandy, moving northwest at 35 mph.
Additional thunderstorms are developing near Vernon moving northwest
around 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Provo, Sandy, Layton, Murray,
Bountiful, Tooele, Payson, Farmington, Grantsville, Hill Air Force
Base, West Jordan, Orem, Taylorsville, South Jordan, Lehi, Draper,
Riverton, and Roy.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 15 between mile markers 238 and 338.
Interstate 84 between mile markers 83 and 86.
Interstate 80 in Utah between mile markers 60 and 128.
US Route 6 between mile markers 125 and 184.
Instruction:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description:
Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains; Tooele and Rush Valleys; Northern Wasatch Front; Salt Lake Valley; Utah Valley; Wasatch Back; Wasatch Mountains I-80 North; Wasatch Mountains South of I-80; Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs; Western Millard and Juab Counties; Eastern Juab/Millard Counties
Forcast Office:
NWS Salt Lake City UT
Sender: