RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 809 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2008
AZZ101-CAZ229-NVZ461-463>466-160415- /O.EXP.KVEF.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080516T0300Z/ LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-AZ SIDE-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH- LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE- 809 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2008 /809 PM MST THU MAY 15 2008/
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER...AZ SIDE / LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY / LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH...THE SHEEP RANGE /SPRING MOUNTAINS / CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS...LAS VEGAS DISPATCH...AND THE LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER...NV SIDE.
THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF THIS AFTERNOON HAVE DECREASED EARLY THIS EVENING...WHILE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO RECOVER. ALTHOUGH LOCAL GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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