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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

August 1, 202623 counties in Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this red flag warning at Aug 1, 2026, 11:23 AM MDT for 23 counties in Utah. It took effect at Aug 2, 2026, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 56 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, 2026, 11:23 AM MDT (17:23 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 2, 2026, 1:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 4, 2026, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 56 hr
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City, UT

All 23 counties

Beaver County, UT, Cache County, UT, Carbon County, UT, Duchesne County, UT, Emery County, UT, Garfield County, UT, Iron County, UT, Juab County, UT, Kane County, UT, Millard County, UT, Morgan County, UT, Piute County, UT, Rich County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT, San Juan County, UT, Sanpete County, UT, Sevier County, UT, Summit County, UT, Utah County, UT, Wasatch County, UT, Washington County, UT, Wayne County, UT, Weber County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 215 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Aug 1, 10:34 AM MDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 10:34 AM MDT, 49 minutes before

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.