Alert archive / Utah / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this red flag warning at Jul 17, 2006, 3:52 AM MDT. It took effect at Jul 17, 2006, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 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
- Jul 17, 2006, 3:52 AM MDT (09:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 17, 2006, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2006, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KSLC 170952 RFWSLC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 352 AM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 UTZ435-437-439-440-171800- /O.UPG.KSLC.FW.A.0013.060717T1600Z-060718T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0021.060717T1600Z-060718T0400Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON- SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- 352 AM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THIS WARNING IS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 435...437...439...AND 440 IN SOUTHWEST UTAH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RECORD HEAT AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE MONDAY MORNING IN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UTAH MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE ERRATIC AND STRONG DOWNDRAFT WINDS OVER 40 MPH. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE THUNDERSTORMS AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WESTWARD INTO THE ADJACENT LOWER ELEVATION VALLEYS AND DESERTS. IN ADDITION TO THE DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND WINDS...THE HAINES INDEX IS VERY HIGH. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH VERY HIGH FIRE COLUMNS...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS INTERACT WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY DURING THE HOURS JUST BEFORE SUNSET...WHEN THE AIR IS MOST UNSTABLE AND A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH FROM THE EAST. A DECREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AFTER SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KSLC 171752 RFWSLC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1152 AM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 UTZ435-437-439-440-180200- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060718T0400Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON- SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- 1152 AM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RECORD HEAT AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UTAH MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE ERRATIC AND STRONG DOWNDRAFT WINDS OVER 40 MPH. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WESTWARD INTO THE ADJACENT LOWER ELEVATION VALLEYS AND DESERTS. IN ADDITION TO THE DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND WINDS...THE HAINES INDEX IS VERY HIGH. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH VERY HIGH FIRE COLUMNS...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS INTERACT WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNSET...WHEN THE AIR IS MOST UNSTABLE AND A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH FROM THE EAST. A DECREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AFTER SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$
000 WWUS85 KSLC 172110 RFWSLC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 310 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 UTZ435-437-439-440-180400- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060718T0400Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON- SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- 310 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH EFFECTIVE FOR ZONES 435...437 ...439...440 AND 441... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH EFFECTIVE FOR ZONES 435...437 ...439...440 AND 441. AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RECORD HEAT AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME DRY...HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE ERRATIC AND STRONG DOWNDRAFT WINDS OVER 40 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND WINDS...THE HAINES INDEX IS VERY HIGH. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH VERY VIGOROUS FIRE COLUMNS...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS INTERACT WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ UTZ420>427-434-180400- /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.A.0014.060718T1700Z-060719T0400Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-CACHE VALLEY- NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS- SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS NORTH OF I80- WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I80 AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN SLOPES OF THE UINTA MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS- 310 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND MICROBURST WINDS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN UTAH EFFECTIVE FOR ZONES 420 THROUGH 427 AND 434 ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND MICROBURST WINDS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN UTAH EFFECTIVE FOR ZONES 420 THROUGH 427 AND 434. AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MOISTURE WILL SURGE NORTH OVER NORTH AND WESTERN UTAH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TUESDAY WILL INITIALLY BE DRY WITH ERRATIC MICROBURST WINDS. IN ADDITION...A HIGH HAINES INDEX MAY LEAD TO PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR AND A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GIBSON
000 WWUS85 KSLC 172325 RFWSLC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 525 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 UTZ434-180400- /O.EXA.KSLC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060718T0400Z/ /O.CON.KSLC.FW.A.0014.060718T1700Z-060719T0400Z/ WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS- 525 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND MICROBURST THUNDERSTORM WINDS FOR ZONE 434... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND MICROBURST THUNDERSTORM WINDS FOR ZONE 434... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WARNING AND TOMORROWS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM MICROBURST WINDS. AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY LIGHTNING HAS DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN ZONE 434 AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MICROBURST WINDS. IN ADDITION...A HIGH HAINES INDEX MAY LEAD TO PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR AND A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ UTZ435-437-439-440-180400- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060718T0400Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON- SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- 525 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND MICROBURST WINDS FOR ZONES 435 ...437...439 AND 440... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND MICROBURST WINDS FOR ZONES 435 ...437...439 AND 440. AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RECORD HEAT AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME DRY...HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE ERRATIC AND STRONG DOWNDRAFT WINDS OVER 40 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND WINDS...THE HAINES INDEX IS VERY HIGH. EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH VERY VIGOROUS FIRE COLUMNS...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS INTERACT WITH ACTIVE FIRES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ UTZ420>427-180400- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.A.0014.060718T1700Z-060719T0400Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-CACHE VALLEY- NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS- SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS NORTH OF I80- WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I80 AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN SLOPES OF THE UINTA MOUNTAINS- 525 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND MICROBURST WINDS FOR ZONES 420 THROUGH 427... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND MICROBURST WINDS FOR ZONES 420 THROUGH 427. AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MOISTURE WILL SURGE NORTH OVER NORTH AND WESTERN UTAH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TUESDAY WILL INITIALLY BE DRY WITH ERRATIC MICROBURST WINDS. IN ADDITION...A HIGH HAINES INDEX MAY LEAD TO PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR AND A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GIBSON
000 WWUS85 KSLC 180358 RFWSLC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 958 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 UTZ434-181200- /O.EXP.KSLC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060718T0400Z/ /O.CON.KSLC.FW.A.0014.060718T1700Z-060719T0400Z/ WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS- 958 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORM WINDS FOR ZONE 434... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...EFFECTIVE FOR FIRE ZONE 434 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED THIS EVENING. DRY LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED AGAIN TUESDAY WITH MORE MICROBURST WINDS...CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION ACTIVITIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL UTAH. IN ADDITION...A HIGH HAINES INDEX MAY LEAD TO PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR AND A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ UTZ435-437-439-440-180500- /O.EXP.KSLC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060718T0400Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON- SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- 958 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THIS EVENING GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES. ISOLATED STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. $$ UTZ420>427-181200- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.A.0014.060718T1700Z-060719T0400Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-CACHE VALLEY- NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS- SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS NORTH OF I80- WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I80 AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN SLOPES OF THE UINTA MOUNTAINS- 958 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND ERRATIC MICROBURST WINDS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN UTAH INCLUDING ZONES 420 THROUGH 427. AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MOISTURE WILL SURGE NORTH OVER NORTH AND WESTERN UTAH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TUESDAY WILL INITIALLY BE DRY WITH ERRATIC MICROBURST WINDS. IN ADDITION...A HIGH HAINES INDEX MAY LEAD TO PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR AND A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GIBSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 1:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Kane, Washington | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SLC | Kane, Washington | 24 min |
| Jul 17, 3:10 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | SLC | 20 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Utah, 2006Every red flag warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.