Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Salt Lake City, UT
Areas Affected: Color Country West Desert; Mojave Desert
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Wednesday 5:07pm MDT
Alert Effective: Wednesday 5:07pm MDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 1:15am MDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Friday 12:00pm MDT
Event Ends: Sunday 12:00am MDT
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City UT
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 495 AND 497... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 495 Color Country West Desert and Fire Weather Zone 497 Mojave Desert. * WINDS...Friday and Saturday, southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Friday and Saturday as low as 5 percent with little to no recovery Friday night. * IMPACTS...Critical fire weather conditions are expected. Any new fire starts or existing fires may spread rapidly.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or are imminent. 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.c54e70090d055ba7989c905fa413e0f06a90ab44.003.1 Codes: UTZ495, UTZ497 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c54e70090d055ba7989c905fa413e0f06a90ab44.003.1