Fire Weather Watch
NWS Elko NV ยท US
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Fire Weather Watch In Effect From Thursday Morning Through Thursday Evening For Windy Conditions For Fire Weather Zones 425, 469, And 470
- Event
- Fire Weather Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FWZ 426 & 427 WEDNESDAY... The National Weather Service in Elko has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday morning through Thursday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 425, 469, and 470. * WIND...Sustained southerly winds of 20-25 mph with gusts of 30-35 mph possible. * HUMIDITY...Afternoon values of 18-28% Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Instructions
A fire weather watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible red flag warnings.
Affected areas
- White Pine and Northeast Nye Counties
- Central Elko County
- Eastern Elko County
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Elko NV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2K9TX6WTSN13A725DPQH7BM
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5e5aa5f21944b69f27788f83cd4bfce3f0ba7980.002.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Elko NV
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLKN
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2948
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FWA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | RFWLKN |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KLKN 151948 |
| NWSheadline | FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 425, 469, AND 470 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KLKN.FW.A.0009.260917T1800Z-260918T0300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T20:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- White Pine and Northeast Nye Counties
- Central Elko County
- Eastern Elko County
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 032007 |
| SAME | 032011 |
| SAME | 032023 |
| SAME | 032033 |
| UGC | NVZ425 |
| UGC | NVZ469 |
| UGC | NVZ470 |