Alert archive / Utah / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this red flag warning at Jun 28, 2016, 2:17 PM MDT for 18 counties in Utah. It took effect at Jun 29, 2016, 10:00 AM 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
- Jun 28, 2016, 2:17 PM MDT (20:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 29, 2016, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2016, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Counties Beaver County, UT, Box Elder County, UT, Carbon County, UT, Davis County, UT, Duchesne County, UT, Emery County, UT, Garfield County, UT, Iron County, UT, Juab County, UT, Kane County, UT, Millard County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT, San Juan County, UT, Sanpete County, UT, Tooele County, UT, Utah County, UT, Washington County, UT, Wayne County, UT
The radar
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:10 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 4 E Cottonwood Heights, UT | MESOWEST SITE UTSTR S-TURNS BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON |
| Jun 29, 6:30 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 W Magna, UT | MESOWEST SITE UT201 SR-201 AT I-80 |
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
135 WWUS85 KSLC 282017 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 217 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016 UTZ489-492-494-495-498-291200- /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0002.160629T1600Z-160630T0400Z/ /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160629T0400Z/ SAN RAFAEL SWELL-CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT-HENRY MOUNTAINS- COLOR COUNTRY WEST DESERT-GRAND STAIRCASE- 217 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY PERIOD FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 489...492...494...495 AND 498... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY PERIOD FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 489...492...494...495 AND 498... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489 SAN RAFAEL SWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 494 HENRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 495 COLOR COUNTRY WEST DESERT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 498 GRAND STAIRCASE. * THUNDERSTORMS...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY HAVE LITTLE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING... BUT COULD PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES THAT START FROM THE LIGHTNING CAN SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS MAY RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD CAN RESULT IN FIRE STARTS THAT SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ478-291200- /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0002.160629T1600Z-160630T0400Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT- 217 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY PERIOD FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478 SALT LAKE DESERT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE LITTLE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. * WINDS...ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES THAT START FROM THE LIGHTNING CAN SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS MAY RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD CAN RESULT IN FIRE STARTS THAT SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ497-290400- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160629T0400Z/ MOJAVE DESERT- 217 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY PERIOD FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 497... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 497 MOJAVE DESERT. * THUNDERSTORMS...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY HAVE LITTLE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING...BUT COULD PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WINDS...ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES THAT START FROM THE LIGHTNING CAN SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS MAY RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD CAN RESULT IN FIRE STARTS THAT SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
3 follow-up statements
273 WWUS85 KSLC 290950 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 350 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2016 UTZ478-489-492-494-495-498-292200- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0002.160629T1600Z-160630T0400Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT- HENRY MOUNTAINS-COLOR COUNTRY WEST DESERT-GRAND STAIRCASE- 350 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 478...489...492...494...495 AND 498... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478 SALT LAKE DESERT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489 SAN RAFAEL SWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 494 HENRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 495 COLOR COUNTRY WEST DESERT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 498 GRAND STAIRCASE. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE LITTLE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. * WINDS...ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES THAT START FROM THE LIGHTNING CAN SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS MAY RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD CAN RESULT IN FIRE STARTS THAT SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
379 WWUS85 KSLC 291001 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 401 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2016 UTZ482-484-292200- /O.EXA.KSLC.FW.W.0002.160629T1600Z-160630T0400Z/ WESTERN UINTAH BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- 401 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 482 AND 484... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 482 WESTERN UINTAH BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 TAVAPUTS PLATEAU. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE LITTLE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. * WINDS...ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES THAT START FROM THE LIGHTNING CAN SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS MAY RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD CAN RESULT IN FIRE STARTS THAT SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ478-489-492-494-495-498-292200- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0002.160629T1600Z-160630T0400Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT- HENRY MOUNTAINS-COLOR COUNTRY WEST DESERT-GRAND STAIRCASE- 401 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 478...489...492...494...495 AND 498... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478 SALT LAKE DESERT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489 SAN RAFAEL SWELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 494 HENRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 495 COLOR COUNTRY WEST DESERT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 498 GRAND STAIRCASE. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE LITTLE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. * WINDS...ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES THAT START FROM THE LIGHTNING CAN SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS MAY RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD CAN RESULT IN FIRE STARTS THAT SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
224 WWUS85 KSLC 292006 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 206 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2016 UTZ478-482-484-489-492-494-495-498-300400- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160630T0400Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT-WESTERN UINTAH BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- SAN RAFAEL SWELL-CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT-HENRY MOUNTAINS- COLOR COUNTRY WEST DESERT-GRAND STAIRCASE- 206 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 478... 482...484...489...492...494...495 AND 498... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478 SALT LAKE DESERT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 482 WESTERN UINTAH BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 484 TAVAPUTS PLATEAU...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 489 SAN RAFAEL SWELL... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 494 HENRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 495 COLOR COUNTRY WEST DESERT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 498 GRAND STAIRCASE. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TRENDING TO DISSIPATE. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE LITTLE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. * WINDS...ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. DUE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY CONDITIONS...ANY FIRES THAT START FROM THE LIGHTNING CAN SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS MAY RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD CAN RESULT IN FIRE STARTS THAT SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.