Alert archive / Utah / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this red flag warning at Jul 3, 2011, 3:05 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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 3, 2011, 3:05 PM MDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
348 WWUS85 KSLC 032105 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 305 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 UTZ435-040300- /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0011.110703T2105Z-110704T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS- 305 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 435 BELOW 7000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 7000 FEET FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 435 SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS BELOW 7000 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES IN THE 8 TO 13 PERCENT RANGE WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING A BIT AFTER SUNSET. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE AREAS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THERE IS ALSO THE THREAT OF AN ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORM OVER THE ARE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
1 follow-up statement
854 WWUS85 KSLC 040247 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 847 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 UTZ435-040400- /O.EXP.KSLC.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110704T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS- 847 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 435 BELOW 7000 FEET... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 435 BELOW 7000 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN. THEREFORE...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
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.