It also said along with the wind, 5 to 10% humidity is causing critical fire weather conditions to occur, allowing for any new fire starts to spread rapidly.
The service said southernly winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph are expected. The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for all of Southern Utah and a high wind warning for Iron and Washington counties through 10 p.m. “Rocky Mountain Power is taking additional safety precautions by directing additional personnel and resources to monitor weather impact on the system,” the statement said. Power arcs from power lines can spark wildfires, especially in windy and dry conditions.
With high wind and red flag warnings, Rocky Mountain Power said it is prepared the temporarily shut power down through its transmission lines if fire risk becomes too severe. Rocky Mountain Power, which handles electricity of the area, has issues what is calls a “Public Safety Power Shutoff Watch” for the area on Friday and Saturday. BOUNTIFUL, Utah (KUTV) Residents in a Bountiful neighborhood were without electricity Tuesday morning after a power pole caught fire, authorities stated. Our crews will be dispatched to the area to determine the cause and restore. Stock photo.| Photo by Iryna Melnyk/iStock/Getty Images Plus, St. If you are experiencing an outage call 801.376.0681 or TEXT out to 85700.
The company tweeted about the outage at 6:23 p.m. GEORGE - Residents of Cedar City and Iron County may need to keep candles and flashlights on standby for the next two days. OGDEN Rocky Mountain Power said that a power outage affecting 9,719 customers in Ogden on Wednesday night was restored at about 8:03 p.m.
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