Alert archive / Utah / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this red flag warning at Jun 21, 2008, 1:52 PM MDT. It took effect at Jun 22, 2008, 10:38 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
- Jun 21, 2008, 1:52 PM MDT (19:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 22, 2008, 10:38 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2008, 12:00 AM 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 211952 RFWSLC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 152 PM MDT SAT JUN 21 2008 UTZ435-439-440-221200- /O.UPG.KSLC.FW.A.0011.080622T1700Z-080623T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0021.080622T1700Z-080623T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON- SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- 152 PM MDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 435...439 AND 440... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 435...439 AND 440. WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ UTZ420-221200- /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.A.0012.080622T1800Z-080623T0600Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- 152 PM MDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONE 420 IN NORTHWEST UTAH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONE 420 IN NORTHWEST UTAH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE NEVADA BORDER AND TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH. LITTLE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. DRY LIGHTNING WILL RESULT...AS WELL AS GUSTY AND ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE) GIBSON
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KSLC 220844 RFWSLC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 244 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 2008 UTZ420-222100- /O.UPG.KSLC.FW.A.0012.080622T1800Z-080623T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KSLC.FW.W.0021.080622T1700Z-080623T0600Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- 244 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR UTAH FIRE WEATHER ZONE 420... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR UTAH FIRE WEATHER ZONE 420. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE NEVADA BORDER AND TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH. LITTLE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. DRY LIGHTNING WILL RESULT...AS WELL AS GUSTY AND ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ UTZ435-439-440-222100- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0021.080622T1700Z-080623T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON- SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- 244 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR UTAH FIRE WEATHER ZONES 435...439...AND 440... A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR UTAH FIRE WEATHER ZONES 435...439...AND 440. A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE STATE WILL STALL OVER CENTRAL UTAH BY THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH. WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS85 KSLC 221638 RFWSLC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1038 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 2008 UTZ434-230300- /O.EXB.KSLC.FW.W.0021.080622T2000Z-080623T0600Z/ WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS- 1038 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. WIDELY SCATTERED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE CENTRAL NEVADA BORDER AND TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL UTAH. LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. INSTEAD...STRONG AND GUSTY ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ UTZ420-230300- /O.EXT.KSLC.FW.W.0021.080622T1700Z-080623T0300Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- 1038 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WIDELY SCATTERED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE NEVADA BORDER AND TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH. LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. INSTEAD...STRONG AND GUSTY ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ UTZ435-439-440-230300- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0021.080622T1700Z-080623T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON- SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- 1038 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN ZONE 440. THE RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 435 AND 439 WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE POTENTIAL OF HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DRY LIGHTNING AND STRONG ERRATIC WINDS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY EVENING IN ZONE 440. HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN FOR ZONES 435 AND POSSIBLY 439. STRONG ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE LIKELY IN 435 AND POSSIBLE IN 439. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
000 WWUS85 KSLC 230328 RFWSLC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 928 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2008 UTZ435-439-440-230430- /O.EXP.KSLC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080623T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON- SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH- 928 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHWEST DESERTS...UTAHS DIXIE AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST UTAH. $$ UTZ420-423-424-230600- /O.EXA.KSLC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080623T0600Z/ GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS- SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- 928 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY LIGHTNING ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND STRONG ERRATIC WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT...SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS AND THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT. WIDELY SCATTERED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS EVENING ALONG THE NEVADA BORDER AND ARE TRACKING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH. LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. INSTEAD...STRONG AND GUSTY ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ UTZ434-230600- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080623T0600Z/ WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS- 928 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR WIDELY SCATTERED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DRY LIGHTNING FOR THE WEST CENTRAL DESERTS OF UTAH . WIDELY SCATTERED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL UTAH. LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. INSTEAD...STRONG AND GUSTY ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 1:52 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | SLC | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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.