Alert archive / Utah / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this red flag warning at Aug 5, 2016, 2:47 AM MDT for 15 counties in Utah. It took effect at Aug 5, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 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 5, 2016, 2:47 AM MDT (08:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 5, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Counties Box Elder County, UT, Cache County, UT, Davis County, UT, Duchesne County, UT, Juab County, UT, Millard County, UT, Morgan County, UT, Rich County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT, Sanpete County, UT, Summit County, UT, Tooele County, UT, Utah County, UT, Wasatch County, UT, Weber County, UT
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 19 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
805 WWUS85 KSLC 050847 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 247 AM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 UTZ478-479-492-052200- /O.UPG.KSLC.FW.A.0005.160805T1800Z-160806T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0010.160805T1800Z-160806T0600Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT-WASATCH MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT- 247 AM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 478...479 AND 492... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478 SALT LAKE DESERT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479 WASATCH MOUNTAINS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ480-052200- /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0010.160805T1800Z-160806T0600Z/ UINTA MOUNTAINS- 247 AM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 480... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 480 UINTA MOUNTAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ROGOWSKI FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
1 follow-up statement
602 WWUS85 KSLC 052048 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 248 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 UTZ478-492-061100- /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.A.0006.160807T1800Z-160808T0300Z/ /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160806T0600Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT-CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT- 248 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 478 AND 492... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 478 AND 492... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478 SALT LAKE DESERT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 8-15 PERCENT RANGE WILL BE COMMON ON SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS TODAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS TODAY. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY. 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 DRY THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND FOR POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ UTZ479-480-060600- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160806T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS-UINTA MOUNTAINS- 248 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 479 AND 480... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479 WASATCH MOUNTAINS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 480 UINTA MOUNTAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS TODAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:48 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | SLC | Box Elder, Davis, Juab, Millard, Salt Lake, Sanpete and 2 more | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.