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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

October 2, 2015Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this red flag warning at Oct 2, 2015, 5:07 AM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at Oct 2, 2015, 2:00 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: Oct 2, 2015, 5:07 AM MST (12:07 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 2, 2015, 2:00 PM MST
Expired: Oct 2, 2015, 7:00 PM MST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Counties Apache County, AZ, Coconino County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

349 
WWUS85 KFGZ 021207
RFWFGZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
507 AM MST FRI OCT 2 2015


AZZ110-111-114-139-140-022015-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.FW.W.0005.151002T2100Z-151003T0200Z/
CHINLE VALLEY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110)-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111)-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE
114)-BLACK MESA AREA (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 139)-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264 (FIRE WEATHER ZONE
140)-
507 AM MST FRI OCT 2 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN APACHE COUNTY AND NORTHEASTERN NAVAJO
COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MST
THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 110...111...114...139 AND 
  140. 

* 20 FOOT WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING
  AND AFTERNOON BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 12 TO 15
  PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE
BEHAVIOR.

PLEASE NOTIFY FIELD CREWS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

2 follow-up statements

477 
WWUS85 KFGZ 021922
RFWFGZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1222 PM MST FRI OCT 2 2015

AZZ110-111-114-139-140-030200-
/O.CON.KFGZ.FW.W.0005.151002T2100Z-151003T0200Z/
CHINLE VALLEY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110)-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111)-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE
114)-BLACK MESA AREA (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 139)-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264 (FIRE WEATHER ZONE
140)-
1222 PM MST FRI OCT 2 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN APACHE COUNTY AND NORTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTY...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 110...111...114...139 AND 
  140. 

* 20 FOOT WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 12 TO 15
  PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE
BEHAVIOR.

PLEASE NOTIFY FIELD CREWS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

809 
WWUS85 KFGZ 030155
RFWFGZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
655 PM MST FRI OCT 2 2015

AZZ110-111-114-139-140-030300-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151003T0200Z/
CHINLE VALLEY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110)-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111)-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE
114)-BLACK MESA AREA (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 139)-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264 (FIRE WEATHER ZONE
140)-
655 PM MST FRI OCT 2 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 2, 2:23 PM MST	Freeze Warning	FGZ	Coconino, Navajo	18 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.