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Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 8, 2010

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this red flag warning at Aug 8, 2010, 7:15 AM MDT. It took effect at Aug 8, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 2 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
Aug 8, 2010, 7:15 AM MDT (13:15 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 8, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 8, 2010, 2:19 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Aug 8, 4:47 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 4:47 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 5:18 AM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
518 AM MDT SUN AUG 8 2010

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-091130-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
518 AM MDT SUN AUG 8 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE TODAY...AND WITH IT...SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN UTAH...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE.
REFERENCE FLASH FLOOD WATCH STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE A THREAT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
MUCH OF THE REGION EXCLUDING SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN
WYOMING...WITH HIGH WINDS THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT. THAT SAID
ISOLATED STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL IN CONJUCTION WITH DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOISTURE RICH ENVIRONMENT OF
SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL UTAH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ON
MONDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH. A RAPID DRYING
TREND IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.

DRYING CONDITIONS THROUGH MID WEEK MAY PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 3:42 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchSLC18 hr
Aug 8, 11:22 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCKane38 min
Aug 8, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCKane40 min
Aug 8, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCWashington43 min
Aug 8, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCKane46 min
Aug 8, 4:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCKane3 hr
Aug 8, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementSLCKane38 min
Aug 8, 5:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisorySLCKane4 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.