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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
817 AM PDT SUN SEP 11 2016

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL BRING GUSTY
WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO PARTS OF THE AREA BY
TUESDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHERN
NEVADA AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY.

AZZ101-NVZ461>466-121100-
/O.CON.KVEF.FW.A.0003.160913T1800Z-160914T0600Z/
LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-AZ SIDE-LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH-
NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH-SHEEP RANGE-
SPRING MOUNTAINS-
CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH-
LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE-
817 AM PDT SUN SEP 11 2016 /817 AM MST SUN SEP 11 2016/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 101...461...462...463...464...465 AND 466...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ARIZONA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101. IN NEVADA...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONES 461...462...463...464...465...AND 466.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING...PEAK TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN DECREASING TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40
  MPH.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY 
  AND MAY EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT 
  RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

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WOLCOTT

WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
