Red Flag Warning
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1149 AM MDT THU MAY 16 2013

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY
VALUES...PROLONGED DROUGHT AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
222...223...224 AND 225. THIS INCLUDES THE SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FREMONT COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS...

COZ222>225-171000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0012.130517T1800Z-130518T0200Z/
FREMONT COUNTY-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS-
SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
1149 AM MDT THU MAY 16 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
222...223...224 AND 225...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...223...224 AND 225. THIS
  INCLUDES THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...THE SAN LUIS
  VALLEY...FREMONT COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE IF A FIRE WERE
  TO START.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

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