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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1019 AM EDT WED APR 22 2009

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MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
1019 AM EDT WED APR 22 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING. 

WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. A DRYING AIRMASS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES TO DROP INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE DURING PEAK
HEATING. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL CREATE AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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