Extreme Winds Impacted Utah Saturday; More Severe Storms Sunday

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18 Aug 2024 3:15 AM

On Saturday, much of the Beehive State (Utah) was buzzing with fast-moving showers and thunderstorms. The winds were associated with an area of low pressure moving through Salt Lake City and on its way next to the Black Hills of southwest South Dakota.

Scattered thunderstorms, some severe, will drift across much of the western United States through Monday as multiple areas of upper-level-lows move around a large dome of high pressure. The high pressure will be parked across much of Texas on Sunday, leading to record heat again, while the low pressure areas bring the chance of thunderstorms into the Pacific Northwest, the Four Corners, and the High Plains.

Related Article: Heat Wave Intensifies for the South

On Sunday, the severe weather potential will expand across the greater Nebraska region to include Colorado and Kansas, while severe storms will (once again) be possible in the Salt Lake Valley.

Finally on Monday, severe thunderstorms will be possible across the greater Montana region, including the western sections of the nearby Dakotas, eastern Wyoming, the panhandle of Nebraska, and northeast Colorado.

Showers and thunderstorms will be moving fairly quickly, at about 30-40 miles per hour, so they may sneak up on people! Monitor your surroundings for darkening clouds, listen for thunder, watch for lightning, and have multiple ways to receive weather warnings! It's one of the final weekends of summer vacation, and this is a beautiful part of the country to take in state and national parks, so you should stay weather aware/ready when outside!

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