Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Salt Lake City, UT
Areas Affected: Henry Mountains; Color Country Mountains; Grand Staircase
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 3:00am MDT
Issued by: NWS Salt Lake City UT
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 3 AM MDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 494, 496, AND 498... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 494 Henry Mountains, Fire Weather Zone 496 Color Country Mountains and Fire Weather Zone 498 Grand Staircase. * WINDS...Friday and Saturday, southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts 40 to 50 mph with little relief Friday night. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Friday and Saturday as low as 6 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.c54e70090d055ba7989c905fa413e0f06a90ab44.004.1 Codes: UTZ494, UTZ496, UTZ498 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c54e70090d055ba7989c905fa413e0f06a90ab44.004.1