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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
226 PM MST WED SEP 18 2019
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GRAND CANYON COUNTRY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106)-
COCONINO PLATEAU (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107)-
226 PM MST WED SEP 18 2019
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY DUE
TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
COCONINO COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA...LOCATIONS NEAR GRAND CANYON AND VALLE. THIS
INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD
RAPIDLY.
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.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
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