Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

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WWUS85 KSLC 072104
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
304 PM MDT WED JUN 7 2006

UTZ420-431>434-436-438-445>449-080600-
/O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060608T0600Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN SLOPE WASATCH PLATEAU AND CASTLE VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST TAVAPUTS PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL UTAH 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-
304 PM MDT WED JUN 7 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS BELOW 8000 
FEET FOR THE WEST DESERTS AND EASTERN UTAH BASINS INCLUDING FIRE 
WEATHER ZONES 420...431 THROUGH 434...436...438...AND 445 THROUGH 
449...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CONTINUED THE 
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. THIS WARNING IS FOR
DRY LIGHTNING AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS BELOW 8000 FEET FOR
THE WEST DESERTS AND EASTERN UTAH BASINS INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 420...431 THROUGH 434...436...438...AND 445 THROUGH 449. 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE
WARNING AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE AIRMASS OVER UTAHS WEST
DESERTS AND EASTERN DESERT BASINS REMAINS ON THE DRY SIDE AT LOW
LEVELS. THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN WIDELY SCATTERED DRY
THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCAL STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS. HOWEVER...THE
TREND WILL BE FOR STORMS TO GET WETTER THROUGH THE EVENING.

DEEPER MOISTURE WILL SPREAD NORTH AND EAST TONIGHT SO BY
THURSDAY...ALL AREAS WILL SEE INCREASED RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND A
BETTER CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS. THESE MOIST CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FRIDAY.

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

$$

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WWUS85 KSLC 080554
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1154 PM MDT WED JUN 7 2006

UTZ420-431>434-436-438-445>449-080700-
/O.CAN.KSLC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060608T0600Z/
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN SLOPE WASATCH PLATEAU AND CASTLE VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST TAVAPUTS PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS AND THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL UTAH 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-
1154 PM MDT WED JUN 7 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
RED FLAG WARNING. INCREASING MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH HAS LED TO
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SOME WETTING RAINS LATE THIS EVENING.
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL STILL ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WITH
THE THREAT OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS PASSED...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT MIDNIGHT.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
900 AM MDT WED JUN 7 2006

.SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA TODAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...INCREASING HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE TODAY WITH COOLER AIR
ALOFT MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING.  STILL
DRY IN THE LOW LEVELS TO LIMIT RAINFALL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH
BEST CHANCE OF MEASURABLE RAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF UTAH. MOST
PLACES WILL SEE SPRINKLES TO LIGHT RAIN AT MOST...WITH MAIN IMPACT
COMING FROM GUSTY WINDS NEAR SHOWERS.

QUICK LOOK AT LATEST 12Z NAM INDICATES BEST THREAT FOR RAIN OVER N.
UTAH MAY BE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WILL WAIT TO SEE
PARALLEL NAM/WRF AND 12Z GFS...BUT IF THEY COME IN THE SAME WILL
NEED TO INCREASE POPS AND QPF FOR THE OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY PERIODS.

NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME.

&&

.AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT THE KSLC TERMINAL AND
APPROACH AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MAIN THREAT IS STRONG
SURFACE WINDS AND THE MOST LIKELY DIRECTION FOR THUNDERSTORM WINDS
IS SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND ASSOCIATED LOW
CEILINGS IS LOW.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...FIRE WX WATCH BEING UPDATED TO RED FLAG WARNING.
THIS MORNINGS BALLOON RELEASE AT SLC AND DEWPOINTS THROUGHOUT THE
WATCH/WARNING AREA STILL SUPPORT IDEA OF LESS THAN .10 INCHES OF
RAIN WITH LIGHTNING.  SHOULD BE GOOD CONDITIONS OF LIGHTNING CAUSED
FIRE STARTS.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...PEAK FLOWS WILL OCCUR THE NEXT FEW DAYS ON RIVERS
DRAINING THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN UTAH. RISK OF FLASH
FLOODING WILL INCREASE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR SOUTHERN UTAH SLOT
CANYONS...THEN DECREASING OVER THE WEEKEND AS DRIER AIR RETURNS.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORM WINDS NOON
TO MIDNIGHT TODAY BELOW 8000 FEET EASTERN AND WESTERN BASINS...FIRE
ZONES 420...428>434-436-438 AND 445>449.
WY...NONE.
&&

DUNN/WILENSKY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
620 AM MDT WED JUN 7 2006

UTZ001>021-WYZ021-081300-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-CASTLE COUNTRY-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WEST CENTRAL UTAH-WESTERN UINTA BASIN-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
620 AM MDT WED JUN 7 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS UTAH AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

INCREASING MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS UTAH AND
SOUTHWEST WYOMING TODAY. IN THE LOWER DESERTS OF NORTHWEST AND
EASTERN UTAH...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LIGHTNING MAY CAUSE
SEVERE FIRE WEATHER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN UTAH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A MOIST AIRMASS WILL BE ESTABLISHED OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA. FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE BUT THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IN
SOUTHERN UTAH SLOT CANYONS WILL INCREASE. A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT WILL INCREASE OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA FOR THE WEEKEND AND EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS
ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

GIBSON