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Red Flag Warning

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Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County

Status In Progress Started about 2 hours ago
Ends
Issued
Severity Severe
Urgency Expected
Certainty Likely

Details

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220...
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 220.
* TIMING...For the Red Flag Warning, until 7 PM MDT this evening. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Saturday morning through Saturday evening.
* WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 7 percent.
* IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch and spread rapidly and erratically.
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