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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
200 AM PDT MON JUN 17 2013

...DRY GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...

.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE GREAT BASIN ON
TUESDAY...INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS CONSIDERABLY. FREQUENT WIND
GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO PRODUCE INCREASED FIRE DANGER TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

NVZ454-455-457-467>470-180000-
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.A.0001.130618T1800Z-130619T0400Z/
CENTRAL LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 PLUS NORTHERN NYE
COUNTY-CENTRAL AND WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY-
EASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-
SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
200 AM PDT MON JUN 17 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 454...455...457...467...468...469 AND
470...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 454 CENTRAL LANDER AND
  EUREKA COUNTIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 455 WHITE PINE COUNTY...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 457 LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
  50 PLUS NORTHERN NYE COUNTY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 467 CENTRAL
  AND WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 468 EASTERN
  HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY...FIRE WEATHER
  ZONE 469 SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY AND FIRE WEATHER
  ZONE 470 EASTERN ELKO COUNTY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN RH OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL
  CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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