Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Mar 7, 2011, 3:08 AM MST (10:08 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 7, 2011, 11:00 AM MST

Expired

Mar 7, 2011, 8:00 PM MST

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

673 
WWUS85 KTWC 071008
RFWTWC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
308 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH
8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR EASTERN PIMA...SANTA CRUZ...GRAHAM
COUNTY SOUTH OF THE GILA RIVER AND COCHISE COUNTIES DUE TO STRONG
AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... AND A HIGH
TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER RATING...

AZZ148-072200-
/O.UPG.KTWC.FW.A.0003.110307T1800Z-110308T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KTWC.FW.W.0005.110307T1800Z-110308T0300Z/
ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN
VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/
SAFFORD BLM/TDC-
308 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA....THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
  PIMA...SANTA CRUZ...GRAHAM SOUTH OF THE GILA RIVER AND COCHISE
  COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
  VALUES DIPPING BELOW 15 PERCENT BY MID-MORNING...THEN WINDS WILL
  INCREASE IN INTENSITY AGAIN DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS
  WILL BE STRONGEST AFTER 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE CLOUD
  COVER ACROSS THE AREA DECREASES. STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO
  THE EVENING HOURS. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND
  INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY 11
  AM MST...THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE
  STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHEAST
  ARIZONA.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE
  FROM 7 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND THE
  HIGH TO VERY HIGH 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

816 
WWUS85 KTWC 072129
RFWTWC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
229 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM MST THIS EVENING
FOR EASTERN PIMA...SANTA CRUZ...GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF THE GILA
RIVER AND COCHISE COUNTIES DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND A HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE
DANGER RATING...

AZZ148-080300-
/O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110308T0300Z/
ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN
VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/
SAFFORD BLM/TDC-
229 PM MST MON MAR 7 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 IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
  PIMA...SANTA CRUZ...GRAHAM SOUTH OF THE GILA RIVER AND COCHISE
  COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PERSIST
  INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE
  HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
   RANGE FROM 7 TO 15 PERCENT. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND THE 
   HIGH TO VERY HIGH 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

245 
WWUS85 KTWC 080245
RFWTWC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
745 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011

AZZ148-080345-
/O.EXP.KTWC.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110308T0300Z/
ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN
VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/
SAFFORD BLM/TDC-
745 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. BOTH
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND WIND SPEEDS ARE NO LONGER WITHIN
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE WARNING
AREA. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



$$

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