Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Mar 25, 2012, 2:03 PM MST (21:03 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 2012, 6:33 PM MST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

511 
WWUS85 KTWC 252103
RFWTWC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
203 PM MST SUN MAR 25 2012

AZZ147-260200-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FW.W.0006.120325T2103Z-120326T0200Z/
ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-
TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC-
203 PM MST SUN MAR 25 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...THIS RED FLAG IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND
  WESTERN PIMA COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF PINAL COUNTY.

* TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN THE PRESENT
  TIME AND 7 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO
  REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS FOR THE DURATION OF
  THE WARNING.

* IMPACTS...THIS COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS
  WILL GIVE RISE TO RAPID FIRE GROWTH...ESPECIALLY IN FINER FUELS
  SUCH AS GRASSES AND SHRUBS.


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

772 
WWUS85 KTWC 260133
RFWTWC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
633 PM MST SUN MAR 25 2012


AZZ147-260245-
/O.CAN.KTWC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120326T0200Z/
ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-
TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC-
633 PM MST SUN MAR 25 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED
ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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