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  • Fire Weather Watch for Chiricahua Mountains including Chiricahua National Monument County, Arizona
  • Fire Weather Watch issued April 30 at 2:22PM MST until May 02 at 6:00PM MST by NWS
  • Effective: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 2:22 p.m.
  • Expires: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 6 p.m.
  • ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY ACROSS
    PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...
    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
    THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
    WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
    AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.
    * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 148 (COCHISE...SOUTHERN
    GRAHAM...SANTA CRUZ...AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES) FAR EASTERN
    PORTIONS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 147 (SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY) AND
    FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 146 (GILA RIVER VALLEY).
    * TIMING...THURSDAY FROM 8 AM MST THROUGH 6 PM MST.
    * WINDS...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
    BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH.
    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS TO MIDDLE TEENS.
    * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
    EXPERIENCE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT
    RECOMMENDED.
    * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
    HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=TWC