Weather Alert Watch
Severe Red Flag Warning

Red Flag Warning for Eastern Pima-Southeastern Pinal-Santa Cruz-Western Cochise; Southern Graham-Central and Eastern Cochise-Southern Greenlee-Lower Elevations of the San Carlos Apache Nation in Graham County; Northern Graham-Northern Greenlee-White and Gila Mountains +1 more

Impacts: Any fires that develop or are ongoing will have the potential to spread rapidly.

AZEastern Pima-Southeastern Pinal-Santa Cruz-Western Cochise; Southern Graham-Central and Eastern Cochise-Southern Greenlee-Lower Elevations of the San Carlos Apache Nation in Graham County; Northern Graham-Northern Greenlee-White and Gila Mountains; Mountains above 5500 feet

Official alert brief

AFFECTED AREA

Fire Weather Zones 151, 152, 153 and 154.

TIMING

From 11 AM to 11 PM MST Sunday.

WINDS

Southwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

As low as 7 percent.

IMPACTS

Any fires that develop or are ongoing will have the potential to spread rapidly.

Instructions

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or are expected to develop. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and dry vegetation will create the potential for rapid and erratic fire growth. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of the Red Flag Warning for portions of Southeast Arizona.