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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
300 PM MST WED MAY 22 2013

...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY...

A BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY POSITIONED ACROSS THE WESTERN
UNITED STATES HAS CAUSED STRONG WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
ARIZONA TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES HAS HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AS THESE CONDITIONS
CAN POTENTIALLY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. CURRENTLY...A WIND
ADVISORY AND RED FLAG WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN
ARIZONA UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING.


WIND REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF
AS OF 245 PM MST:

LOCATION             MAX WIND     TIME/DATE    COMMENTS
                        GUST            OF
                         MPH    MEASUREMENT

ARIZONA

...APACHE COUNTY...
   CONCHO                  40   134 PM  5/22   RH  8 PERCENT
   ST. JOHNS AIRPORT       39   132 PM  5/22   RH  7 PERCENT
   WINDOW ROCK             38   214 PM  5/22   RH  9 PERCENT

...COCONINO COUNTY...
   GRAND CANYON AIRPORT    48   101 PM  5/22   RH  9 PERCENT
   FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT       45   212 PM  5/22   RH 18 PERCENT
   DONEY PARK              44  1100 AM  5/22   RH 20 PERCENT
   HOUSE ROCK              41  1105 AM  5/22   RH  5 PERCENT
   WILLIAMS AIRPORT        41   115 PM  5/22   RH 13 PERCENT
   HAPPY JACK              35   102 PM  5/22   RH 12 PERCENT
   PAGE AIRPORT            35   215 PM  5/22   RH  8 PERCENT

...NAVAJO COUNTY...
   WINSLOW AIRPORT         45   115 PM  5/22   RH  8 PERCENT
   LIMESTONE CANYON        41  1124 AM  5/22   RH 12 PERCENT

...YAVAPAI COUNTY...
   SEDONA AIRPORT          37  1235 PM  5/22   RH 13 PERCENT
   PRESCOTT AIRPORT        36   130 PM  5/22   RH 12 PERCENT

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