Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Salt Lake City, UT
Areas Affected: Central Utah Mountains
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Wednesday 5:07pm MDT
Alert Effective: Wednesday 5:07pm MDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 1:15am MDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Wednesday 5:07pm MDT
Event Ends: Wednesday 11:00pm MDT
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City UT
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 493... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 3 AM MDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 493... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 493 Central Utah Mountains. * THUNDERSTORMS...Wednesday until 11 PM, Scattered dry thunderstorms with numerous outflow wind gusts to around 40 mph and isolated widely scattered wind gusts to around 60 mph. * WINDS...Friday and Saturday, southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts 40 to 50 mph with little relief Friday night. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Friday and Saturday, as low as 5 percent. Little to no overnight recovery Friday night. * IMPACTS...Critical fire weather conditions are expected. Any new fire starts or existing fires may spread rapidly.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or are imminent. A combination of lightning...dry fuel conditions...and gusty microburst winds will create favorable conditions for new fire starts and extreme fire behavior. A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or are imminent. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c54e70090d055ba7989c905fa413e0f06a90ab44.002.1 Codes: UTZ493 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c54e70090d055ba7989c905fa413e0f06a90ab44.002.1