Alert archive / Utah / Red Flag Warnings in 2006

Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

May 21, 2006

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this red flag warning at May 21, 2006, 2:54 PM MDT. It took effect at May 22, 2006, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2006, 2:54 PM MDT (20:54 UTC)
In effect from
May 22, 2006, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 22, 2006, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS85 KSLC 212054
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
254 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2006

UTZ420-434-435-437-439-440-220400-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0002.060522T1800Z-060523T0400Z/
/O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060522T0400Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
254 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT MONDAY.
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7500 FEET WHERE FUELS HAVE CURED. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN AND
SOUTHCENTRAL UTAH. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA.

THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
AGAIN LATE TOMORROW MORNING. AS A RESULT...THIS WARNING HAS BEEN 
REISSUED AND WILL ONCE AGAIN GO INTO EFFECT AT 1200 MDT. IN
ADDITION TO THE WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DRY LIGHTNING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.

$$

UTZ441-447>449-220600-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0002.060522T1800Z-060523T0400Z/
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
CANYONS NATIONAL PARK AND NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT-
LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY-
254 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT MONDAY
FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7500 FEET WHERE FUELS HAVE CURED.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH ON MONDAY.
IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN
15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.

T IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES...THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DRY LIGHTNING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS85 KSLC 220401
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1001 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2006

UTZ420-434-435-437-439-440-221215-
/O.CAN.KSLC.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060522T0400Z/
/O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0002.060522T1800Z-060523T0400Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
1001 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT
MONDAY.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH BY NOON
ON MONDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF LESS
THAN 15 PERCENT WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THERE
IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DRY LIGHTNING ON
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.

$$

UTZ441-447>449-221215-
/O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0002.060522T1800Z-060523T0400Z/
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
CANYONS NATIONAL PARK AND NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT-
LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY-
1001 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT
MONDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT
MONDAY. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH ON MONDAY.
IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN
15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.

THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DRY
LIGHTNING ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.

$$
000 
WWUS85 KSLC 221012
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
412 AM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

UTZ423-438-222100-
/O.EXB.KSLC.FW.W.0002.060522T1500Z-060523T0400Z/
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-HENRY MOUNTAINS-
412 AM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE TOOELE
VALLEY AND THE HENRY MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES FIRE WEATHER ZONES
423 AND 438 BELOW 7500 FT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE
TOOELE VALLEY AND THE HENRY MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 423 AND 438 BELOW 7500 FT WHERE FUELS HAVE CURED.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE TOOELE VALLEY AND HENRY MOUNTAINS
AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.

$$

UTZ431-432-445-446-222100-
/O.EXA.KSLC.FW.W.0002.060522T1800Z-060523T0400Z/
EASTERN SLOPE WASATCH PLATEAU AND CASTLE VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST TAVAPUTS PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
GRAND FLAT/ROAN AND BOOK CLIFFS-
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS-
412 AM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR EAST CENTRAL UTAH.
THIS INCLUDES FIRE WEATHER ZONES 431...432...445 AND 446 BELOW
7500 FT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR EAST
CENTRAL UTAH. THIS INCLUDES FIRE WEATHER ZONES 431...432...445 AND
446 BELOW 7500 FT WHERE FUELS HAVE CURED. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL UTAH THIS AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15
PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THERE IS ALSO THE
POTENTIAL FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.

$$

UTZ420-434-435-437-439>441-222100-
/O.EXT.KSLC.FW.W.0002.060522T1500Z-060523T0400Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
412 AM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR WESTERN
AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. THIS INCLUDES FIRE WEATHER ZONES
420...434...435...437 AND 439 THROUGH 441 BELOW 7500 FT...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR
WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL. THIS INCLUDES FIRE WEATHER ZONES
420...434...435...437...AND 439 THROUGH 441 BELOW 7500 FT WHERE
FUELS HAVE CURED.  

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH BY
LATE THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.

$$

UTZ447>449-222100-
/O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0002.060522T1800Z-060523T0400Z/
CANYONS NATIONAL PARK AND NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT-
LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY-
412 AM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM
MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR SOUTHEAST
UTAH. THIS INCLUDES FIRE WEATHER ZONES 447 THROUGH 449 BELOW
7500 FT...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR SOUTHEAST
UTAH. THIS INCLUDES FIRE WEATHER ZONES 447 THROUGH 449 BELOW 7500
FT WHERE FUELS HAVE CURED.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH THIS
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF
LESS THAN 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THERE
IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL DRY THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.

$$
000 
WWUS85 KSLC 222111
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
311 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

UTZ435-437-439>441-222215-
/O.CAN.KSLC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060523T0400Z/
SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON-
SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
311 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELED THE
RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST UTAH BELOW 7500 FEET. THIS
CANCELLATION IS FOR THE ENTIRE COLOR COUNTRY DISPATCH AREA.

$$

UTZ420-423-434-230400-
/O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060523T0400Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
311 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST UTAH FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS
COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THIS WARNING IS FOR FIRE ZONES 
420...434 AND 423...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL UTAH BELOW 
7500 FEET.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH
HAVE DEVELOPED...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT. 
THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN THE DUGWAY PROVING
GROUNDS AND TOOELE VALLEY.

HUMIDITY WILL RISE AND WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER MID-EVENING AS A
COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.

$$

UTZ431-432-438-445>449-230400-
/O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060523T0400Z/
EASTERN SLOPE WASATCH PLATEAU AND CASTLE VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST TAVAPUTS PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
HENRY MOUNTAINS-GRAND FLAT/ROAN AND BOOK CLIFFS-
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS-
CANYONS NATIONAL PARK AND NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT-
LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY-
311 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST UTAH BELOW 7500 FEET FOR LOW 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS. THIS 
WARNING IS FOR FIRE ZONES 431...
438...432 AND 445 THROUGH 449...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST UTAH BELOW 7500 FEET. SOUTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ALONG
WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 15 PERCENT. DRY LIGHTNING IS ALSO
OCCURRING MAINLY NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER.

THE SEVERE FIRE WEATHER WILL MODERATE RAPIDLY BY MID-EVENING AS
MORE HUMID CONDITIONS DEVELOP ALONG WITH DECREASING WINDS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.

$$

GIBSON
000 
WWUS85 KSLC 230411
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1011 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

UTZ420-423-431-432-434-438-445>449-230515-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060523T0400Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-
EASTERN SLOPE WASATCH PLATEAU AND CASTLE VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST TAVAPUTS PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS-
GRAND FLAT/ROAN AND BOOK CLIFFS-
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS-
CANYONS NATIONAL PARK AND NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT-
LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY-
1011 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...


THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. INCREASING RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AND DECREASING WINDS MEAN THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO
LONGER NECESSARY FOR THE PREVIOUSLY AFFECT FIRE WEATHER ZONES.

$$

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.