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Red Flag Warning
- Springfield Vicinity, Baca County County, Colorado
- RED FLAG WARNING
- Effective: 3:12 p.m. on Saturday, July 5, 2008
- Expires: 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 5, 2008
RED FLAG WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO212 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2008COZ203-060300-/O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080706T0300Z/GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA-212 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2008...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THISEVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING BELOW 7500 FEET FOR COLORADO FIRE ZONE 203...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FORDRY LIGHTNING BELOW 7500 FEET FOR COLORADO FIRE ZONE 203.MID-LEVEL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED OVER THE AREA TODAY. THUNDERSTORMACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... BUTMOST STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL.NEW FIRE STARTS AND RAPID SPREAD OF FIRES FROM ERRATICTHUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN AREAS BELOW 7500FEET WHERE FUELS ARE RATED CRITICALLY DRY.A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONSARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OFSTRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILLCREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.$$
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