Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this red flag warning at May 8, 2011, 1:59 PM MST. It took effect at May 9, 2011, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 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
- May 8, 2011, 1:59 PM MST (20:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- May 9, 2011, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
170 WWUS85 KTWC 082059 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 159 PM MST SUN MAY 8 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST TODAY FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...COCHISE...SANTA CRUZ...PIMA AND SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST TO 8 PM MST MONDAY FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...COCHISE...EASTERN PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTH OF ARIZONA WILL BRING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND ONCE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GIVEN THE ALREADY VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN PLACE...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AZZ146-148-091300- /O.UPG.KTWC.FW.A.0011.110509T1800Z-110510T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KTWC.FW.W.0018.110509T1800Z-110510T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110509T0200Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146 NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER- APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 159 PM MST SUN MAY 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY VALID FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST. * AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING TODAY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WHILE THE RED FLAG WARNING MONDAY IS VALID FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...EASTERN PIMA...SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND WIND SPEEDS WILL EXCEED CRITICAL THRESHOLDS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. FOR MONDAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT BY LATE MORNING WHICH WILL COINCIDE WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING BEYOND CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. EXPECT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PERSIST INTO MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. FOR MONDAY... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE HIGH SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS BY LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ALONG WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$ AZZ147-090200- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110509T0200Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147 SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC- 159 PM MST SUN MAY 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ALONG WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$
5 follow-up statements
211 WWUS85 KTWC 090156 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 656 PM MST SUN MAY 8 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST TO 8 PM MST MONDAY FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...COCHISE...EASTERN PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTH OF ARIZONA WILL BRING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GIVEN THE ALREADY VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN PLACE...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AZZ146-148-091400- /O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110509T0200Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0018.110509T1800Z-110510T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146 NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER- APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 656 PM MST SUN MAY 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST MONDAY FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...COCHISE...SANTA CRUZ AND PIMA COUNTIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR MONDAY IS VALID FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...EASTERN PIMA...SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT BY LATE MONDAY MORNING WHICH WILL COINCIDE WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING BEYOND CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. EXPECT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PERSIST INTO MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE HIGH SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ALONG WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$ AZZ147-090300- /O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110509T0200Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147 SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC- 656 PM MST SUN MAY 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY AS WELL AS SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH...FALLING BELOW CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS IN MOST LOCATIONS. WHILE ISOLATED RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM MST THIS EVENING...WIDESPREAD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
385 WWUS85 KTWC 091148 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 448 AM MST MON MAY 9 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST TO 8 PM MST TODAY FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...COCHISE...EASTERN PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTH OF ARIZONA WILL BRING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GIVEN THE ALREADY VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN PLACE...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AZZ146-148-092200- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0018.110509T1800Z-110510T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146 NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER- APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 448 AM MST MON MAY 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS VALID FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...EASTERN PIMA...SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT BY LATE MORNING WHICH WILL COINCIDE WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING BEYOND CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. EXPECT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE HIGH SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS BY LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ALONG WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
570 WWUS85 KTWC 091235 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 535 AM MST MON MAY 9 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST TO 8 PM MST TODAY FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...COCHISE...EASTERN PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR COCHISE COUNTY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTH OF ARIZONA WILL BRING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GIVEN THE ALREADY VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN PLACE...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AZZ148-092045- /O.NEW.KTWC.FW.A.0012.110510T1900Z-110511T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0018.110509T1800Z-110510T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 535 AM MST MON MAY 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR COCHISE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR COCHISE COUNTY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...EASTERN PIMA...SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES. * AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS VALID FOR GRAHAM... GREENLEE...EASTERN PIMA...SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES. WHILE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TUESDAY IS VALID FOR COCHISE COUNTY. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT BY LATE MORNING WHICH WILL COINCIDE WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING BEYOND CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. EXPECT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. SIMILAR TIMING IS EXPECTED TUESDAY FOR THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH AREA. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE HIGH SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS BY LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ALONG WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$ AZZ146-092045- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0018.110509T1800Z-110510T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146 NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER- APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC- 535 AM MST MON MAY 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS VALID FOR GRAHAM... GREENLEE...EASTERN PIMA...SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT BY LATE MORNING WHICH WILL COINCIDE WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING BEYOND CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. EXPECT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE HIGH SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS BY LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ALONG WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
181 WWUS85 KTWC 092100 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 200 PM MST MON MAY 9 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...COCHISE...EASTERN PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GRAHAM...SOUTHERN GREENLEE AND COCHISE COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTH OF ARIZONA WILL BRING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GIVEN THE ALREADY VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN PLACE...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AZZ148-101300- /O.UPG.KTWC.FW.A.0012.110510T1900Z-110511T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTWC.FW.W.0019.110510T1900Z-110511T0200Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110510T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 200 PM MST MON MAY 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY FOR SOUTHERN GRAHAM...SOUTHERN GREENLEE AND COCHISE COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY FOR SOUTHERN GRAHAM...SOUTHERN GREENLEE AND COCHISE COUNTIES. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON IS VALID FOR GRAHAM... GREENLEE...EASTERN PIMA...SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES. THE RED FLAG WARNING TUESDAY IS VALID FOR SOUTHERN GRAHAM...SOUTHERN GREENLEE AND COCHISE COUNTIES. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW 15 PERCENT FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE AND COCHISE COUNTIES TODAY AND HOVER NEAR 15 PERCENT FOR SANTA CRUZ AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BEYOND CRITICAL THRESHOLDS INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS PERSISTING. FOR TUESDAY IN THE AFFECTED AREAS OF SOUTHERN GRAHAM...SOUTHERN GREENLEE AND COCHISE COUNTIES...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT BY NOON. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY MIDDAY AS WELL BEYOND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AND ONCE AGAIN TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS PORTIONS OF COCHISE COUNTY TO TEENS ELSEWHERE INTO THIS EVENING. FOR TUESDAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE MID TEENS BY NOON AND REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE FOR THE AREAS UNDER THE RED FLAG WARNING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ALONG WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$ AZZ146-100300- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110510T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146 NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER- APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC- 200 PM MST MON MAY 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING IS VALID FOR GRAHAM... GREENLEE...EASTERN PIMA...SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN 15 PERCENT INTO THE EARLY EVENING WHICH WILL COINCIDE WITH WIND SPEEDS BEYOND CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE TEENS. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ALONG WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$
232 WWUS85 KTWC 100258 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 758 PM MST MON MAY 9 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN GRAHAM...SOUTHERN GREENLEE AND COCHISE COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTH OF ARIZONA WILL BRING ONE MORE DAY OF BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GIVEN THE ALREADY VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN PLACE...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AZZ148-101400- /O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110510T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0019.110510T1900Z-110511T0200Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 758 PM MST MON MAY 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING TUESDAY IS VALID FOR SOUTHERN GRAHAM...SOUTHERN GREENLEE AND COCHISE COUNTIES. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT BY NOON TUESDAY IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. 20-FOOT SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY LATE MORNING BEYOND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE MID TEENS BY NOON TUESDAY AND REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE FOR THE AFFECTED AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ALONG WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$ AZZ146-100400- /O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110510T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146 NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER- APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC- 758 PM MST MON MAY 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. 20-FOOT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE SLOWLY INCREASING...WITH MANY STATIONS REPORTING ABOVE THE CRITICAL 15 PERCENT THRESHOLD AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146...INCLUDING NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY AND GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF THE GILA RIVER. $$
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Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 1:59 PM MST | Wind Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz | 30 hr |
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