Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2011, 1:09 PM MST. It was in force for 5 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
- Mar 5, 2011, 1:09 PM MST (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2011, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
453 WWUS85 KTWC 052009 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 109 PM MST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GRAHAM...SOUTHEAST PINAL...EASTERN PIMA...AND WESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... AZZ147-148-060100- /O.NEW.KTWC.FW.W.0004.110305T2009Z-110306T0100Z/ 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- 109 PM MST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA... RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GRAHAM...SOUTHEAST PINAL...EASTERN PIMA...AND WESTERN COCHISE COCHISE COUNTIES. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON COINCIDING WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 10 PERCENT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO CREATE 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
1 follow-up statement
836 WWUS85 KTWC 052021 RFWTWC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 121 PM MST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GRAHAM...SOUTHEAST PINAL...EASTERN PIMA... AND WESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES FOR STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... AZZ147-148-060100- /O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110306T0100Z/ ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147 SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC- ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/ SAFFORD BLM/TDC- 121 PM MST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA... RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GRAHAM...SOUTHEAST PINAL...EASTERN PIMA...AND WESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON COINCIDING WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 10 PERCENT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND ERRATIC FIRE GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
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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.