Local Severe Weather Alert for location
Winter Storm Warning in effect from NOON MST WED until 5PM MST THU
... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS... CACHE VALLEY... NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A GENERAL 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. LOCAL AREAS NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER AND IN THE OGDEN VALLEY COULD SEE IN EXCESS OF A FOOT OF SNOW. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN MID MORNING AND MID DAY TODAY... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED. ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL BEGIN MIXING WITH RAIN OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN SOME AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW LEVELS: ALL ELEVATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO CLIMB OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY... WITH SOME AREAS MIXING OR CHANGING TO RAIN. * WINDS: STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG INTERSTATE 84 AND STATE ROUTE 30 IN BOX ELDER COUNTY. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY WITH THE ONSET OF SNOW. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN OR EXPOSED AREAS OF BOX ELDER COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VISIT...
