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  • 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.