Alert archive / Utah / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this red flag warning at Aug 14, 2016, 2:24 PM MDT for 18 counties in Utah. It took effect at Aug 15, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2016, 2:24 PM MDT (20:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 15, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Counties Box Elder County, UT, Cache County, UT, Carbon County, UT, Davis County, UT, Duchesne County, UT, Emery County, UT, Juab County, UT, Millard County, UT, Morgan County, UT, Rich County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT, Sanpete County, UT, Sevier 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), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2:25 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | 24 Ssw Dugway, UT | SIMPSON SPRINGS DPG21 |
| Aug 15, 3:10 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 66 | 1 Ese Dugway, UT | ENGLISH VILLAGE SENSOR DPG07 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 4036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
739 WWUS85 KSLC 142024 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 224 PM MDT SUN AUG 14 2016 UTZ478-479-492-151200- /O.UPG.KSLC.FW.A.0009.160815T1800Z-160816T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0014.160815T1800Z-160816T0600Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT-WASATCH MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT- 224 PM MDT SUN AUG 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT 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 MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT. 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...SCATTERED MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO MONDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ480-481-483-484-488-489-151200- /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0014.160815T1800Z-160816T0600Z/ UINTA MOUNTAINS-WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- MANTI NATIONAL FOREST-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- 224 PM MDT SUN AUG 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 480...481...483...484...488 AND 489... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 480 UINTA MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 481 WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 TAVAPUTS PLATEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 488 MANTI NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489 SAN RAFAEL SWELL. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO MONDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ROGOWSKI FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
427 WWUS85 KSLC 150841 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 241 AM MDT MON AUG 15 2016 UTZ478>481-483-484-488-489-492-152200- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0014.160815T1800Z-160816T0600Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT-WASATCH MOUNTAINS-UINTA MOUNTAINS- WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-MANTI NATIONAL FOREST-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT- 241 AM MDT MON AUG 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 478...479...480...481...483...484...488... 489 AND 492... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478 SALT LAKE DESERT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479 WASATCH MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 480 UINTA MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 481 WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 TAVAPUTS PLATEAU... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 488 MANTI NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489 SAN RAFAEL SWELL AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO MONDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
128 WWUS85 KSLC 152119 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 319 PM MDT MON AUG 15 2016 UTZ478>481-483-484-488-489-492-160600- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160816T0600Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT-WASATCH MOUNTAINS-UINTA MOUNTAINS- WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-MANTI NATIONAL FOREST-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT- 319 PM MDT MON AUG 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 478...479...480...481...483...484...488...489 AND 492... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478 SALT LAKE DESERT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479 WASATCH MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 480 UINTA MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 481 WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 TAVAPUTS PLATEAU... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 488 MANTI NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489 SAN RAFAEL SWELL AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ROGOWSKI FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.