Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Feb 14, 2008, 5:24 AM MST (12:24 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 14, 2008, 11:00 AM MST

Expired

Feb 14, 2008, 9:15 AM MST

In force

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
524 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH
8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COCHISE COUNTY...

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NEVADA WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD
INTO NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN
STRONG WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA AS IT MOVES SOUTH TOWARD THE
REGION. DRY CONDITIONS CURRENTLY OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA
WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS COCHISE COUNTY
NEAR THE 15 PERCENT THRESHOLD FROM THE LATE MORNING HOURS THROUGH
EARLY EVENING TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES COMBINED WITH A HIGH FIRE DANGER RATING HAVE PROMPTED THE
ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR COCHISE COUNTY.

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ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN
VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/
SAFFORD BLM/TDC-
524 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING FOR COCHISE COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING FOR COCHISE COUNTY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

SUSTAINED 20 FOOT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
OVER COCHISE COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE 15 PERCENT
THRESHOLD BY LATE MORNING AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH A HIGH FIRE
DANGER RATING HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING.

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.

$$

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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
915 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR COCHISE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED...

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ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN
VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/
SAFFORD BLM/TDC-
915 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 

CURRENT DATA SHOWS THAT THE WARNING AREA NO LONGER HAS A HIGH FIRE
DANGER RATING. ALSO...DEW POINT OBSERVATIONS FROM AROUND THE WARNED
AREA COUPLED WITH MOST RECENT MODEL DATA SUGGEST THAT RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 15 PERCENT FOR MOST
LOCATIONS...EVEN THOUGH WIND SPEEDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO INCREASE
AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WHILE SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY STILL SEE
BRIEF RED FLAG CONDITIONS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL NEITHER BE
WIDESPREAD NOR LONG LIVED ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE CONTINUANCE OF
THIS WARNING. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR COCHISE COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELED.

$$

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