Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Mar 30, 2014, 3:10 AM MST (10:10 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 30, 2014, 11:00 AM MST

Expired

Mar 30, 2014, 7:00 PM MST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

244 
WWUS85 KTWC 301010
RFWTWC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
310 AM MST SUN MAR 30 2014

AZZ146-148-302200-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FW.W.0004.140330T1800Z-140331T0200Z/
ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER-
APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN
VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/
SAFFORD BLM/TDC-
310 AM MST SUN MAR 30 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST
THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... 
AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...INCLUDING
COCHISE...SOUTHERN GRAHAM...SOUTHERN GREENLEE AND EASTERN SANTA
CRUZ COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 148 AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FIRE ZONE
  146 INCLUDING COCHISE...SOUTHERN GRAHAM...SOUTHERN GREENLEE AND
  EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES.

* TIMING...11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...20-FOOT WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...7 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE
  TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
  AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB

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.

&&

$$

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535 
WWUS85 KTWC 302129
RFWTWC

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
229 PM MST SUN MAR 30 2014

AZZ146-148-310200-
/O.CON.KTWC.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140331T0200Z/
ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER-
APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-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 SUN MAR 30 2014

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

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

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 148 AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FIRE 
  ZONE 146 INCLUDING COCHISE...SOUTHERN GRAHAM...SOUTHERN 
  GREENLEE AND EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...20-FOOT WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH 
   WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...7 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY 
   DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS. 

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
   WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB 

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.

&&

$$


VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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