Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Grand Junction, CO
Areas Affected: Eastern Uintah Basin; Book Cliffs; Colorado River Basin; Southeast Utah
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Wednesday 1:01pm MDT
Alert Effective: Wednesday 1:01pm MDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 12:00am MDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Friday 12:00pm MDT
Event Ends: Sunday 12:00am MDT
Issued by: NWS Grand Junction CO
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 486, 487, 490, AND 491... The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels, which is in effect from noon Friday to midnight MDT Saturday night. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...In Utah, Fire Weather Zone 486 Eastern Uinta Basin, Fire Weather Zone 487 Book Cliffs, Fire Weather Zone 490 Colorado River Basin and Fire Weather Zone 491 Southeast Utah. * TIMING...From noon Friday to midnight MDT Saturday night. * WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 to 13 percent. * IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch and spread rapidly and erratically.
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.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e808d94489b27dbb6291525ecd1eafb58997d07c.003.2 Codes: UTZ486, UTZ487, UTZ490, UTZ491 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e808d94489b27dbb6291525ecd1eafb58997d07c.003.2