Alert archive / Utah / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Salt Lake City, UT
NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this red flag warning at Aug 1, 2016, 2:18 PM MDT for 8 counties in Utah. It took effect at Aug 2, 2016, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 17 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 1, 2016, 2:18 PM MDT (20:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 2, 2016, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 3:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Counties Cache County, UT, Morgan County, UT, Rich County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT, Summit County, UT, Utah County, UT, Wasatch County, UT, Weber County, UT
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
520 WWUS85 KSLC 012018 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 218 PM MDT MON AUG 1 2016 UTZ479-020430- /O.NEW.KSLC.FW.W.0009.160802T1600Z-160803T0400Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS- 218 PM MDT MON AUG 1 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479... 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 10 AM TO 10 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479 WASATCH MOUNTAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE 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 STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ478-020430- /O.EXB.KSLC.FW.W.0008.160802T1600Z-160803T0400Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT- 218 PM MDT MON AUG 1 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478 SALT LAKE DESERT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ492-020430- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160803T0400Z/ CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT- 218 PM MDT MON AUG 1 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TUESDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE 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 STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ROGOWSKI FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
3 follow-up statements
591 WWUS85 KSLC 020937 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 337 AM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 UTZ492-022100- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160803T0400Z/ CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT- 337 AM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL UTAH. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ UTZ478-022100- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0008.160802T1600Z-160803T0400Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT- 337 AM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478 SALT LAKE DESERT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * 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. && $$ UTZ479-022100- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0009.160802T1600Z-160803T0400Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS- 337 AM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479 WASATCH MOUNTAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
637 WWUS85 KSLC 022055 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 255 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 UTZ478-492-030500- /O.EXT.KSLC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160803T0900Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT-CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT- 255 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 478 AND 492... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478 SALT LAKE DESERT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL UTAH. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * 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. 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. && $$ UTZ479-030500- /O.EXT.KSLC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160803T0900Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS- 255 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479 WASATCH MOUNTAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD CAN RESULT IN FIRE STARTS THAT SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
366 WWUS85 KSLC 030404 RFWSLC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1004 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 UTZ478-492-030900- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160803T0900Z/ SALT LAKE DESERT-CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT- 1004 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 478 AND 492... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 478 SALT LAKE DESERT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 492 CENTRAL UTAH WEST DESERT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL UTAH. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * 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. 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. && $$ UTZ479-030900- /O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160803T0900Z/ WASATCH MOUNTAINS- 1004 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479 WASATCH MOUNTAINS. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN ADDITION TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTREMELY DRY PERIOD CAN RESULT IN FIRE STARTS THAT SPREAD QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY...ANY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE FIRE STARTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 9:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | SLC | Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 12:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | SLC | 10 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.