[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - Upper Colorado River Valley (4/22/13-AM)

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM PDT /5 AM MST/ TO 5 PM  PDT /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY  FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101 - 229 AND 466...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LAKE  MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND THE COLORADO RIVER  VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM TUESDAY.    * AFFECTED AREA... IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE    229 LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY.   * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL    DROP QUICKLY AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY    MORNING. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT HUMIDITY    WILL REMAIN VERY LOW.    * WIND...NORTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH.    * HUMIDITY...FALLING THROUGH THE TEENS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS.    * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE    HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER    CONDITIONS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG  WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE  EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.    &&    $$    MORGAN    HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS

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