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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
904 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM
WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES
THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE
EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...AND WESTERN
LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS...FROM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220
THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE...SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL
PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...

COZ220>230-191915-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0026.130619T1700Z-130620T0200Z/
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0019.130620T1700Z-130621T0200Z/
UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-
FREMONT COUNTY-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS-
SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-
WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
904 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH
HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...
224...225...226 AND 227...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...
221...222...223...224...225...226 AND 227...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...
  224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230.

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS POSSIBLE IF A FIRE STARTS.

* HAINES...6.

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.

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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