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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1035 PM PDT TUE JUN 18 2013

.GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS
THE NORTHWEST DESERTS OF ARIZONA...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA.

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NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU-
1035 PM MST TUE JUN 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM MST
WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 102...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST
THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 102...
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
102...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTHWEST
  DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU.

* TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND
  THURSDAY AFTERNOONS BEFORE FINALLY DECREASING THURSDAY EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40
  MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

* HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
  HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS CAN CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE
  FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE FIRE
WEATHER OFFICIALS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NVZ460>462-190645-
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ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTY DESERTS/CNC DISPATCH-
LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH-NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH-
1035 PM PDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
460 - 461 AND 462...

WINDS HAD BEGUN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING...SO THE RED FLAG
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

MORGAN

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