Utah crisis-news velocity
insufficient2 articles / 12h
38 stored readings in 7 days. Never amber or red in this window.
2 crisis-keyword headlines in the last 12 hours, out of 325 deduped items from 6 feeds. FOX 13's own RSS returned 404, so those headlines come from Google News. Need 9 points for a level baseline (have 2). No alert from this indicator.
Crisis-keyword headlines from KSL, the Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, KUTV, FOX 13 via Google News, and a Utah Google News query, counted over 12 hours. A single headline does not alert. Source: Utah news feeds, observed 2026-10-29 17:00 MDT.
- KSL20 items
- Salt Lake Tribune43 items
- Deseret News20 items
- KUTV46 items
- FOX 13 via Google News100 items
- Google News Utah100 items
- 10-29 16:52San Juan County flood victims seek help as Utah lieutenant governor tours damage - KSL NewsKSL News
- 10-29 16:48High school girls volleyball: 4A state tournament Day 1 recap — Orem, Desert Hills, Green Canyon and Provo earn spots in semifinalsDeseret News
- 10-29 16:48'The one that transforms Utah's economy': Inland Port Authority unveils PortSLCKSL
- 10-29 16:48'The one that transforms Utah's economy': Inland Port Authority unveils PortSLC - KSL NewsKSL News
- 10-29 16:35Best Dispensaries in Salt Lake City: Medical Cannabis Pharmacies - Herb.coHerb.co
- 10-29 16:30Patrick Stewart, actor known for ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men,’ dies at 86Deseret News
- 10-29 16:30Big 12 basketball power rankings: Will Arizona repeat as conference champs, and where do BYU and Utah fit in?Deseret News
- 10-29 16:248 songs added to Latter-day Saint hymnbook include Christian classics and Christmas carolsDeseret News
Utah severe alerts
green0 alerts/day
37 stored readings in 7 days. Never amber or red in this window.
Scored day 2026-10-28 (0 distinct Severe/Extreme alerts). Active list: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?area=UT. Days before 18:00 America/Denver score yesterday. Level z -0.41 over 30 prior points. 1-step rate z n/a. Status green from the level check (amber 2, red 3, direction higher).
Distinct Severe and Extreme NWS alerts for Utah, per America/Denver day, versus the prior month. This is the only NWS series, so a Utah storm is not also scored on the Energy lane. Source: National Weather Service, observed 2026-10-28 12:00 MDT.
- Hydrologic OutlookUnknown · Hydrologic Outlook issued October 29 at 10:53AM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
Rocky Mountain Power outages
green52 customers out
38 stored readings in 7 days. Never amber or red in this window.
17 unplanned outages, 52 customers out. Map timestamp: Thursday, October 29 04:45 PM, 2026. The first readings are a baseline. Fixed thresholds: amber at 10000, red at 50000. Status green.
Unplanned customers out on the public Rocky Mountain Power Utah outage list. One feeder fault puts hundreds out, so this uses fixed thresholds: amber at 10,000 customers (about 1% of Utah customers), red at 50,000. The September 2020 windstorm reached about 180,000. Source: Rocky Mountain Power, observed 2026-10-29 17:00 MDT.
- Salt Lake9 unplanned, 34 customers
- Utah1 unplanned, 8 customers
- Davis2 unplanned, 5 customers
- Weber3 unplanned, 3 customers
- Summit2 unplanned, 2 customers
UDOT incidents
unavailable—
Not enough readings yet to draw.
38 stored readings in 7 days. Never amber or red in this window.
UDOT incident and alert calls require a free developer key. None was created. Work-zone data is not used as a stand-in for incidents.
UDOT's incident and alert API requires a free developer key. No key was created for this build, and work-zone data is not treated as incidents. This row cannot alert. Source: UDOT Traffic.
GDELT Utah headlines
error— articles
Not enough readings yet to draw.
38 stored readings in 7 days. Never amber or red in this window.
Not this query's turn. No volume was invented.
GDELT daily article volume mentioning Utah, from the raw timeline rather than a capped article page. Queries take turns, and the last good day is held for up to 30 hours. Source: GDELT DOC 2.0.
Utah-area M3+ earthquakes
green0 quakes / 24h
37 stored readings in 7 days. Never amber or red in this window.
0 earthquakes of M3.0+ in and around Utah in the last 24 hours. Level z -0.05 over 45 prior points. 1-step rate z n/a. Status green from the level check (amber 2, red 3, direction higher).
USGS M3.0+ earthquakes in a box around Utah (36.9 to 42.1 N, 114.1 to 109 W), per 24-hour window over 60 days. Covers the Wasatch Fault. Source: USGS, observed 2026-10-29 17:00 MDT.