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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
214 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013
UTZ479-488-493-130300-
/O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130813T0300Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS-MANTI NATIONAL FOREST-CENTRAL UTAH MOUNTAINS-
214 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 479...488 AND 493 BELOW 7000 FEET...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479 WASATCH MOUNTAINS BELOW
7000 FEET...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 488 MANTI NATIONAL FOREST BELOW
7000 FEET AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 493 CENTRAL UTAH MOUNTAINS
BELOW 7000 FEET.
* THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THESE AREAS
THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BRINGING THE THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...ANY ACTIVITY MAY PROVIDE LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY
ERRATIC WINDS.
* IMPACTS...DRY LIGHTNING WILL COMBINE WITH LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY
ERRATIC WINDS TO PROVIDE A RISK FOR NEW FIRE STARTS AND
POTENTIALLY ALTER THE BEHAVIOR OF ONGOING FIRES.
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.
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ROGOWSKI
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