RED FLAG WARNING issued for Thursday in #LaPlataCo for Hot Dry and Windy Conditions

Wildfire conditions are worsening with fuels (trees, shrubs and grasses) drying out and no rain predicted in the near future.

 

WWUS85 KGJT 131003

RFWGJT

 

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

403 AM MDT THU JUN 13 2013

 

CORRECTED FOR MISSED ZONES IN HEADLINES BELOW

 

..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN COLORADO...FROM THURSDAY NOON TO 8 PM FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 200...202...290...292...293...

203 BELOW 6500 FEET...207 BELOW 9000 FEET...AND 291 BELOW

9500 FEET...

 

..RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY NOON TO 8 PM FOR UTAH FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 BELOW 6500 FEET...FOR GUSTY WINDS...

LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...

 

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LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA-WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA- GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA-DURANGO FORECAST AREA- PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA-NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA- NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA-GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA- SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST-

403 AM MDT THU JUN 13 2013

 

..RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR COLORADO FIRE WEATHER ZONES 200..202...203 BELOW 6500 FEET...207 BELOW 9000 FEET...290...291 BELOW 9500 FEET...292...293 AND UTAH FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 BELOW 6500 FEET...

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8PM TODAY.

 

* AFFECTED AREA...

 

   IN COLORADO...

 

     FIRE WEATHER ZONE 200 LITTLE SNAKE FORECAST AREA...

     FIRE WEATHER ZONE 202 WHITE RIVER FORECAST AREA...

     FIRE WEATHER ZONE 203 GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA...

     FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO FORECAST AREA...

     FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA...

     FIRE WEATHER ZONE 291 NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA...

     FIRE WEATHER ZONE 292 NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA AND

     FIRE WEATHER ZONE 293 GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA.

 

   IN UTAH...

 

      FIRE WEATHER ZONE 483 SOUTHERN ASHLEY NATIONAL FOREST.

 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

 

* IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH ON ANY WILDFIRES OR PRESCRIBED BURNS

  AND AGRICULTURAL BURNS IS EXPECTED. OPEN BURNING IS NOT

  RECOMMENDED.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

 

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

 

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FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT (ALL LOWER CASE)

 

 

 

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