Alert archive / Utah / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this red flag warning at Aug 17, 2016, 1:32 PM MDT for 8 counties in Utah. It took effect at Aug 17, 2016, 2:03 PM MDT. It was in force for 29 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 17, 2016, 1:32 PM MDT (19:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 17, 2016, 2:03 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 6:41 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Counties Beaver County, UT, Garfield County, UT, Juab County, UT, Millard County, UT, Piute County, UT, Sanpete County, UT, Sevier County, UT, Wayne County, UT
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
913 WWUS85 KSLC 171932 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 132 PM MDT WED AUG 17 2016 UTZ492-493-181215- /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0016.160818T1800Z-160819T0600Z/ CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT-CENTRAL UTAH MOUNTAINS- 132 PM MDT WED AUG 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 492 AND 493... 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 THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 493 CENTRAL UTAH MOUNTAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP MIDDAY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW 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 TODAY. 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 NEW STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ488-489-181215- /O.EXT.KSLC.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160819T0600Z/ MANTI NATIONAL FOREST-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- 132 PM MDT WED AUG 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 488 AND 489... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 488 MANTI NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489 SAN RAFAEL SWELL. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN FORECAST TO DEVELOP MIDDAY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. THERE SHOULD BE A LULL IN ACTIVITY BETWEEN LATE EVENING AND MID MORNING TOMORROW. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO NEW STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ479>484-180600- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160818T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS-UINTA MOUNTAINS-WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN UINTAH BASIN-SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- 132 PM MDT WED AUG 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 479...480...481...482...483 AND 484... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479 WASATCH MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 480 UINTA MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 481 WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 482 WESTERN UINTAH BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 TAVAPUTS PLATEAU. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE 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 TODAY. 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 NEW STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ROGOWSKI FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
4 follow-up statements
960 WWUS85 KSLC 172003 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 203 PM MDT WED AUG 17 2016 UTZ492-493-181200- /O.EXT.KSLC.FW.W.0016.160817T2003Z-160819T0600Z/ CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT-CENTRAL UTAH MOUNTAINS- 203 PM MDT WED AUG 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 492 AND 493... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 493 CENTRAL UTAH MOUNTAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN FORECAST TO DEVELOP MIDDAY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. THERE SHOULD BE A LULL IN ACTIVITY BETWEEN LATE EVENING AND MID MORNING TOMORROW. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS TODAY AND TOMORROW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO NEW STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ479>484-180600- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160818T0600Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS-UINTA MOUNTAINS-WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN UINTAH BASIN-SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- 203 PM MDT WED AUG 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 479...480...481...482...483 AND 484... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479 WASATCH MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 480 UINTA MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 481 WESTERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 482 WESTERN UINTAH BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 TAVAPUTS PLATEAU. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE 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 TODAY. 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 NEW STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ488-489-181200- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160819T0600Z/ MANTI NATIONAL FOREST-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- 203 PM MDT WED AUG 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 488 AND 489... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 488 MANTI NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489 SAN RAFAEL SWELL. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN FORECAST TO DEVELOP MIDDAY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. THERE SHOULD BE A LULL IN ACTIVITY BETWEEN LATE EVENING AND MID MORNING TOMORROW. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS TODAY AND TOMORROW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO NEW STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ROGOWSKI FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
304 WWUS85 KSLC 180941 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 341 AM MDT THU AUG 18 2016 UTZ488-489-182300- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160819T0600Z/ MANTI NATIONAL FOREST-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- 341 AM MDT THU AUG 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 488 AND 489... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 488 MANTI NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489 SAN RAFAEL SWELL. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE 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 NEW STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ492-493-182300- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160819T0600Z/ CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT-CENTRAL UTAH MOUNTAINS- 341 AM MDT THU AUG 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 492 AND 493... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 493 CENTRAL UTAH MOUNTAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WEST CENTRAL DESERT ZONE 492 WHILE STORMS WILL BE SCATTERED OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN ZONE 493. STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING THEN END. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO NEW STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
058 WWUS85 KSLC 182152 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 352 PM MDT THU AUG 18 2016 UTZ488-489-190600- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160819T0600Z/ MANTI NATIONAL FOREST-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- 352 PM MDT THU AUG 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 488 AND 489... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 488 MANTI NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489 SAN RAFAEL SWELL. * THUNDERSTORMS...THE THREAT FOR WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE 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 NEW STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ492-493-190600- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160819T0600Z/ CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT-CENTRAL UTAH MOUNTAINS- 352 PM MDT THU AUG 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 492 AND 493... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 493 CENTRAL UTAH MOUNTAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...THE THREAT FOR WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO NEW STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
831 WWUS85 KSLC 190041 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 641 PM MDT THU AUG 18 2016 UTZ488-190145- /O.CAN.KSLC.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160819T0600Z/ MANTI NATIONAL FOREST- 641 PM MDT THU AUG 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 488... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED IN ZONE 488. $$ UTZ492-493-190145- /O.CAN.KSLC.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160819T0600Z/ CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT-CENTRAL UTAH MOUNTAINS- 641 PM MDT THU AUG 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 492 AND 493... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED IN ZONES 492 AND 493. $$ UTZ489-190600- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160819T0600Z/ SAN RAFAEL SWELL- 641 PM MDT THU AUG 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489 SAN RAFAEL SWELL. * THUNDERSTORMS...A CLUSTER OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL REGION THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE 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 NEW STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.