Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 26, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this red flag warning at Jun 7, 2011, 12:26 AM MST. It took effect at Jun 7, 2011, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 8 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
- Jun 7, 2011, 12:26 AM MST (07:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2011, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2011, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
629 WWUS85 KTWC 070726 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1226 AM MST TUE JUN 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM MST TODAY FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...SANTA CRUZ...EASTERN PIMA...COCHISE AND SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTIES... .A STRONG PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS TODAY. AZZ146>148-072215- /O.NEW.KTWC.FW.W.0026.110607T1900Z-110608T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146 NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER- APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147 SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 1226 AM MST TUE JUN 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...SANTA CRUZ...EASTERN PIMA...COCHISE AND SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GRAHAM ...GREENLEE...SANTA CRUZ...EASTERN PIMA...COCHISE AND SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTIES. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AFTER 12 PM TODAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY 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
2 follow-up statements
839 WWUS85 KTWC 072130 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 230 PM MST TUE JUN 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GRAHAM... GREENLEE...SANTA CRUZ...EASTERN PIMA...COCHISE AND SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...SANTA CRUZ...EASTERN PIMA... COCHISE AND SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTIES... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WEST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATINGS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY. AZZ146>148-080530- /O.NEW.KTWC.FW.W.0027.110608T1900Z-110609T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110608T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146 NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER- APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147 SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 230 PM MST TUE JUN 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY IS FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...SANTA CRUZ...EASTERN PIMA...COCHISE AND SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTIES. * TIMING...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE HUMIDITIES BEGIN TO SLIGHTLY RECOVER AND STRONG WINDS DIMINISH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS WILL AGAIN BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS WELL AS AGAIN WEDNESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE SLIGHTLY RECOVERING THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AS WELL AS AGAIN WEDNESDAY 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
264 WWUS85 KTWC 080310 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 810 PM MST TUE JUN 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRED THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...SANTA CRUZ...EASTERN PIMA...COCHISE AND SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WEST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATINGS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY. AZZ146>148-081330- /O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110608T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0027.110608T1900Z-110609T0300Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146 NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER- APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147 SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 810 PM MST TUE JUN 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY FOR GRAHAM...GREENLEE...SANTA CRUZ...EASTERN PIMA... COCHISE AND SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTIES. * TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS WILL BE ABOVE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS WEDNESDAY 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2:30 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | TWC | 30 hr |
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Sources
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