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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

May 6, 2008

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this red flag warning at May 6, 2008, 1:55 PM MDT. It took effect at May 7, 2008, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 43 min. 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 6, 2008, 1:55 PM MDT (19:55 UTC)
In effect from: May 7, 2008, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 7, 2008, 2:43 PM MDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City, UT

The text

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

000 
WWUS85 KSLC 061955
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
155 PM MDT TUE MAY 6 2008

UTZ439-440-071100-
/O.UPG.KSLC.FW.A.0004.080507T2000Z-080508T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0009.080507T2000Z-080508T0300Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
155 PM MDT TUE MAY 6 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY 
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER 
ZONES 439 AND 440...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6500 FEET IN SOUTHERN UTAH...FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 439 AND 440. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE.
THIS WILL CREATE SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM MID-AFTERNOON
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MID-EVENING WEDNESDAY.

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)

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS85 KSLC 070952
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
352 AM MDT WED MAY 7 2008

UTZ439-440-072200-
/O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0009.080507T2000Z-080508T0300Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
352 AM MDT WED MAY 7 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 439 AND 440...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR UTAHS DIXIE...ZION CANYON AND SOUTH 
CENTRAL UTAH BELOW 6500 FEET. 

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF
A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT BY
EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...COMBINED WITH
CRITICAL FUELS WILL CREATE SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
UTAH.

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 072043
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
243 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2008

UTZ439-440-072145-
/O.CAN.KSLC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080508T0300Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
243 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. 

HUMIDITIES HAVE NOT FALLEN INTO CRITICAL LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON
OUTSIDE OF ONE OR TWO ISOLATED SPOTS...AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
DROP ANY FURTHER. WIND SPEEDS HAVE REACHED CRITICAL LEVELS BUT
THIS HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH AREAS WHERE HUMIDITIES ARE
HIGHER. 


$$

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
May 6, 5:44 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	SLC		8 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.