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Red Flag Warning 27, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 7, 2011

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this red flag warning at Jun 7, 2011, 2:30 PM MST. It took effect at Jun 8, 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, 2:30 PM MST (21:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 8, 2011, 12:00 PM MST
Expired: Jun 8, 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.

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

4 follow-up statements

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

691 
WWUS85 KTWC 081142
RFWTWC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
442 AM MST WED JUN 8 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST
TODAY 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. 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.

AZZ146>148-081945-
/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-
442 AM MST WED JUN 8 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST.

* AFFECTED AREA...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 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 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 HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE
  SINGLE DIGITS.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY
   HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL 
   FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

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

241 
WWUS85 KTWC 081923
RFWTWC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1223 PM MST WED JUN 8 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST TODAY
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. 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.

AZZ146>148-090300-
/O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-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-
1223 PM MST WED JUN 8 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...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 THROUGH 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 HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 
  SINGLE DIGITS. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY 
  HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL 
  FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

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.

&&

$$

137 
WWUS85 KTWC 090308
RFWTWC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
808 PM MST WED JUN 8 2011

AZZ146>148-090415-
/O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-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-
808 PM MST WED JUN 8 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS HAVE BEEN STEADILY DECREASING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS
AND ARE NOW BELOW CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS. WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT AND THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING
WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO RECOVER FROM EXTREMELY
LOW VALUES THIS AFTERNOON... ALTHOUGH NOT MUCH RECOVERY IS
EXPECTED IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TONIGHT.

$$


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, 12:26 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	TWC		20 hr

Nearby

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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.