- Red Flag Warning for Imperial County County, California
- Red Flag Warning issued May 11 at 1:59PM PDT until May 11 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS
- Effective: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 1:59 p.m.
- Expires: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 8 p.m.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/
THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE
DANGER FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA, SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA, AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...
* AFFECTED AREA...Yuma/Martinez Lake and Vicinity/Lower Colorado
River Valley AZ, Central Deserts, Lower Colorado River Valley
CA and Imperial County And Eastern Riverside County.
* WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* TIMING...Now through 8 pm this evening.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 9 percent.
* IMPACTS...Fuels are very dry and fire danger is high. These
conditions combined with low relative humidity and strong
winds will lead to widespread hazardous fire weather
conditions.