Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Western and Central Wyoming
Areas Affected: Natrona County/Casper BLM; Granite/Green/Ferris/Rattlesnake Mountains; Casper Mountain
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Wednesday 2:08am MDT
Alert Effective: Wednesday 2:08am MDT
Alert Expires: Wednesday 5:00pm MDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Wednesday 2:08am MDT
Event Ends: Thursday 9:00pm MDT
Issued by: NWS Riverton WY
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THURSDAY... * IMPACTS: Low Humidities and Strong Gusty Winds could cause erratic fire behavior. * AFFECTED AREA: In Central WY...Fire Weather Zones 280...289 and 300. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: In Central WY...Fremont...Natrona. In Southwest WY...Sweetwater. * WIND: West 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Thursday, west to southwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * HUMIDITY: As low as 8 percent. Thursday, as low as 6 percent. RH recovery will be poor tonight.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3aeccd0b68747c8e236387f5c059e1a4ba59e57d.002.1 Codes: WYZ280, WYZ289, WYZ300 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3aeccd0b68747c8e236387f5c059e1a4ba59e57d.002.1