RED FLAG WARNING

 
 WWUS85 KTWC 112108
 RFWTWC
 
 FIRE WEATHER WATCH
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
 208 PM MST SUN MAY 11 2008
 
 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
 EVENING FOR COCHISE...SANTA CRUZ...GRAHAM...GREENLEE AND EASTERN
 PIMA COUNTIES...AS WELL AS EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST PINAL
 COUNTY AND THE TOHONO OODHAM NATION FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...
 LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER
 RATING...
 
 AZZ146>148-121300-
 /O.NEW.KTWC.FW.A.0014.080512T1700Z-080513T0300Z/
 ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146
 NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF GILA RIVER-
 APACHE NF/SAN CARLOS BIA/SDC-ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147
 SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-
 TOHONO OODHAM NATION-CORONADO NF/PAPAGO BIA/TDC-
 ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
 GRAHAM COUNTY SOUTH OF GILA RIVER-TUCSON/MARANA/GREEN
 VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ-COCHISE COUNTY-CORONADO NF/
 SAFFORD BLM/TDC-
 208 PM MST SUN MAY 11 2008
 
 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
 MONDAY EVENING...
 
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
 WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
 EVENING. 
 
 A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL DROP
 SOUTH INTO ARIZONA ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG AND
 GUSTY WINDS MONDAY. WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE AND A VERY HIGH TO
 EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...A FIRE WEATHER
 WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146
 (NORTHERN GREENLEE AND GRAHAM COUNTIES) FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148
 (COCHISE...SANTA CRUZ...EASTERN PIMA...AND SOUTHERN GREENLEE AND
 GRAHAM COUNTIES) AND EASTERN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147 (EASTERN
 PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY AND THE TOHONO OODHAM NATION).
 THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT ON MONDAY FROM 10 AM MST UNTIL
 8 PM MST. THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...WITH
 SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS RANGING BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH AND
 GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH STARTING DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON
 MONDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
 
 A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
 ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
 RED FLAG WARNINGS.
 
 PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD
 OF THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH ON MONDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
 ARIZONA.
 
 

 
 

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