Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV

Issued

Apr 7, 2007, 5:46 AM PDT (12:46 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 7, 2007, 1:00 PM PDT

Expired

Apr 7, 2007, 8:00 PM PDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Las Vegas, NV

County San Bernardino County, CA

000 
WWUS85 KVEF 071246
RFWVEF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
546 AM PDT SAT APR 7 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL
8 PM THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
TODAY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN
PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINED WITH LOW
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO PRODUCE POTENTIALLY ERRATIC
FIRE BEHAVIOR.

CAZ228-072100-
/O.NEW.KVEF.FW.W.0002.070407T2000Z-070408T0300Z/
MOJAVE DESERT-
546 AM PDT SAT APR 7 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING. 

GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS BEING ACROSS THE
WESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA. WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH
ARE EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AT THE
SAME TIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOWERING TO BELOW 15 PERCENT
BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECOVER TO ABOVE 15
PERCENT UNTIL AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO RECOVER TO ABOVE 15 PERCENT BY 8 PM...LOCAL GUSTY
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. HOWEVER WITH
THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BEYOND 8 PM THIS EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

000 
WWUS85 KVEF 072150
RFWVEF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
250 PM PDT SAT APR 7 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT GUSTY WEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. COMBINED WITH LOW AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE
POTENTIALLY ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS.

CAZ228-080300-
/O.CON.KVEF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070408T0300Z/
MOJAVE DESERT-
250 PM PDT SAT APR 7 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE
THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO NEAR 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED
TO RECOVER TO ABOVE 15 PERCENT AROUND 8 PM PDT... ALLEVIATING THE
RED FLAG CONDITIONS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

000 
WWUS85 KVEF 080302
RFWVEF

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
802 PM PDT SAT APR 7 2007

CAZ228-080415-
/O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070408T0300Z/
MOJAVE DESERT-
802 PM PDT SAT APR 7 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT.

ALTHOUGH STRONG WEST WINDS WERE PERSISTING OVER THE AREA THIS
EVENING...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAD RECOVERED ABOVE 15 PERCENT.
THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

MORGAN

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