As per NOAA Flagstaff
Event: Red Flag Warning Alert:
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES…
Event: Red Flag Warning Alert:
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES…
.VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND WARM TEMPERATURES MAY COMBINE WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO GENERATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON.
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA.
* TIMING: LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * 20-FOOT WINDS: SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 14 PERCENT.
Instructions:
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE NOTIFY FIELD CREWS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
Target Area:
Black Mesa Area
Coconino Plateau
Grand Canyon Country
Kaibab Plateau
Little Colorado River Valley in Coconino County
Marble and Glen Canyons
Northeast Plateaus and Mesas Hwy 264
Northward Northeast Plateaus and Mesas South of Hwy 264
Western Mogollon Rim
