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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
654 PM PDT WED AUG 6 2025
NVZ461-070700-
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LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH-
654 PM PDT WED AUG 6 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LINCOLN
COUNTY...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO
10 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF
LINCOLN COUNTY...
* AFFECTED AREA...IN NEVADA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 461.
* TIMING...FOR TODAY, UNTIL 10 PM PDT TONIGHT. ON THURSDAY, FROM
11 AM TO 10 PM PDT.
* WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH GUSTING AROUND 30
MPH THIS EVENING. AFTER A LULL IN THE WINDS TONIGHT, SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH GUSTING AROUND 30 MPH WILL RETURN
ON THURSDAY.
* HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 10 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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