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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1112 AM PDT SAT SEP 12 2026
...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 424, 425, 426, 427, 437, 438,
469, AND 470...
NVZ424>427-437-438-469-470-130600-
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SOUTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY-
WHITE PINE AND NORTHEAST NYE COUNTIES-NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-MOJAVE-
CENTRAL NEVADA-TOIYABE-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-QUINN-
W ELKO COUNTY, N EUREKA AND LANDER COUNTIES N OF I80-
CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
1112 AM PDT SAT SEP 12 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 424, 425, 426, 427, 437, 438, 469, AND 470...
* WIND...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH, WITH GUSTS NEAR
45 MPH.
* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 8
PERCENT.
* 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 NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME
FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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