Monday, April 21, 2014

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - Colorado River Valley (4/21/14-PM)



CALIFORNIA FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231  LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-  908 PM MST MON APR 21 2014 /908 PM PDT MON APR 21 2014/    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MST /2 PM PDT/ TO  8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE  HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER  VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF FAR WESTERN ARIZONA...    * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND    VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ AND SOUTH-CENTRAL AND    SOUTHWEST DESERTS. IN CALIFORNIA...LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY    CA.    * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.    * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON    TUESDAY WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS AND MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS    LIKELY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.    * IMPACTS...FUELS ARE VERY DRY AND FIRE DANGER IS VERY HIGH.    THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND    STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER    CONDITIONS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE  FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT    WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
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