Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2007, 12:51 AM MST. It was in force for 13 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
- Mar 5, 2007, 12:51 AM MST (07:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2007, 2:00 PM MST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KTWC 050751 RFWTWC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1251 AM MST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FOR GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF THE GILA RIVER...COCHISE COUNTY...SANTA CRUZ COUNTY... EASTERN PIMA COUNTY...AND SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER RATING... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES HAS LED TO A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. EXPECT SUSTAINED EAST TO SOUTHEAST 20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS. AZZ147-148-052100- /O.NEW.KTWC.FW.W.0003.070305T0751Z-070305T2100Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147 SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/SEZ- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/SEZ- 1251 AM MST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SUSTAINED 20 FOOT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW...IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO MIDDLE TEENS. THIS COMBINED WITH A HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER RATING HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KTWC 051307 RFWTWC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 607 AM MST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FOR GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF THE GILA RIVER...COCHISE COUNTY...SANTA CRUZ COUNTY... EASTERN PIMA COUNTY...AND SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER RATING... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES HAS LED TO A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. EXPECT SUSTAINED EAST TO SOUTHEAST 20 FOOT WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING HOURS AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS. AZZ147-148-052100- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070305T2100Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147 SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/SEZ- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/SEZ- 607 AM MST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SUSTAINED 20 FOOT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING HOURS AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW...IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO MIDDLE TEENS. THIS COMBINED WITH A HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER RATING HAS LED TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. $$
000 WWUS85 KTWC 052057 RFWTWC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 157 PM MST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST FOR GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF THE GILA RIVER...COCHISE COUNTY...SANTA CRUZ COUNTY...EASTERN PIMA COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY... .THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THAT BROUGHT STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA SUNDAY AND THIS MORNING HAS NOW LOOSENED AND THE WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE OBSERVED AT SOME STATIONS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE STILL PRESENT. AZZ147-148-052200- /O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070305T2100Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147 SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/SEZ- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/SEZ- 157 PM MST MON MAR 5 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SURFACE WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT LOOSENS OVER THE AREA. ALTHOUGH RED FLAG CRITERIA WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED SEVERAL STATIONS WILL STILL EXPERIENCE BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW...WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 12:28 AM MST | Wind Advisory | TWC | 12 hr |
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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.