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Yuma County, AZ

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /11 AM PDT/ TO 8 PM
MST /8 PM PDT/ FRIDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE WESTERN ARIZONA DESERTS AND THE
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH FIRE
DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /11 AM PDT/ TO 8 PM MST
/8 PM PDT/ FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED AND NO
LONGER IS IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND
VICINITY/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ. IN CALIFORNIA...LOWER
COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH
THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FUELS ARE VERY DRY AND FIRE DANGER IS VERY HIGH. THESE
CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS
WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

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Imperial County, CA

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fire weather

Imperial County, CA

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 232 FOCUSING
MAINLY ON THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF IMPERIAL AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE
COUNTIES.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH
THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FUELS ARE VERY DRY AND FIRE DANGER IS HIGH. THESE
CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG
WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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