Red Flag Warning, issued May 16 at 3:18 p.m. MDT through May 16 at 9:00 p.m. MDT from NWS Tucson AZ

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a red flag
Warning that applies from noon today through 8 p.m. MST
Eve.

* AFFECTED AREA … Cochise County, South Graham and Greenlee
Counties, Santa Cruz County, and far south Pima County.

* TIMING … noon today through 8 p.m. MST tonight.

* WINDS … 20 foot winds will be 20 to 25 miles per hour from the southwest
with gusts up to 35 miles per hour.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY … 7 to 13 percent.

* IMPACT … All fires that start or continue will have the
Potential to spread quickly.

* FOR A DETAILED LOOK AT THE HAZARDOUS AREA … visit
weather.gov/Tucson and click the Detailed Hazards icon.
A red flag warning means that there are critical fire weather conditions
either occur now … or are expected to develop. A
Combination of strong wind … low relative humidity … and dry
Vegetation creates the potential for rapid and irregular fires
Growth.

Please inform the responsible officials or fire fighters in the
Red flag box warning for parts of Southeast Arizona.