Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this red flag warning at May 22, 2011, 11:05 AM MST. It took effect at May 23, 2011, 1:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 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 22, 2011, 11:05 AM MST (18:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2011, 1:00 PM MST
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
631 WWUS85 KTWC 221805 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1105 AM MST SUN MAY 22 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR COCHISE COUNTY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN STATES WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG WINDS...A DRY AIRMASS RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY. AZZ148-230215- /O.NEW.KTWC.FW.W.0021.110523T2000Z-110524T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 1105 AM MST SUN MAY 22 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MST MONDAY FOR COCHISE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COCHISE. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW THE CRITICAL 15 PERCENT IN THE LATE MORNING AND WIND SPEEDS WILL EXCEED CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AROUND 1 PM. BOTH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && 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
5 follow-up statements
793 WWUS85 KTWC 222154 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 254 PM MST SUN MAY 22 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR COCHISE COUNTY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN STATES WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG WINDS... A DRY AIRMASS RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY. AZZ148-231315- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0021.110523T2000Z-110524T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 254 PM MST SUN MAY 22 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MST MONDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MST MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COCHISE. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW THE CRITICAL 15 PERCENT IN THE LATE MORNING AND WIND SPEEDS WILL EXCEED CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AROUND 1 PM. BOTH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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
080 WWUS85 KTWC 231220 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 520 AM MST MON MAY 23 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR COCHISE COUNTY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN STATES WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG WINDS...A DRY AIRMASS RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. AZZ148-232200- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0021.110523T2000Z-110524T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 520 AM MST MON MAY 23 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COCHISE COUNTY. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW THE CRITICAL 15 PERCENT IN THE LATE MORNING AND WIND SPEEDS WILL EXCEED CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AROUND 1 PM. BOTH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$
196 WWUS85 KTWC 232104 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 204 PM MST MON MAY 23 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR COCHISE AND SOUTHEAST GRAHAM COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN STATES IS RESULTING IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG WINDS... A DRY AIRMASS RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. AZZ148-240300- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110524T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 204 PM MST MON MAY 23 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COCHISE AND SOUTHEAST GRAHAM COUNTIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COCHISE AND SOUTHEAST GRAHAM COUNTIES. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE CURRENTLY BELOW THE CRITICAL 15 PERCENT LEVEL AND WIND SPEEDS ARE EXCEEDING CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. BOTH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$
775 WWUS85 KTWC 232115 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 215 PM MST MON MAY 23 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR COCHISE...SOUTHEAST GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN STATES IS RESULTING IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG WINDS... A DRY AIRMASS RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. AZZ148-240300- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110524T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 215 PM MST MON MAY 23 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COCHISE...SOUTHEAST GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COCHISE... SOUTHEAST GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTIES. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE CURRENTLY BELOW THE CRITICAL 15 PERCENT LEVEL AND WIND SPEEDS ARE EXCEEDING CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. BOTH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
422 WWUS85 KTWC 240247 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 747 PM MST MON MAY 23 2011 AZZ148-240400- /O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110524T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 747 PM MST MON MAY 23 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. AT 745 PM MST WINDS WERE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. WITH THIS TREND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...AND WITH THE RECOVERY OF RH VALUES AS TEMPERATURES FALL AFTER SUNDOWN...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST. SOMEWHAT LESS WIND IS EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY...HOWEVER SILL ENOUGH FOR A FEW SPOTS TO APPROACH RED FLAG LEVELS IN EASTERN AREAS. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
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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.