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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1001 AM EDT WED APR 22 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM...

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ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
1001 AM EDT WED APR 22 2009

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

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

BLUSTERY WEST WINDS... SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS NEAR 20 MPH... WILL
GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH TODAY. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL PLUMMET TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. WITH THESE DRY AND
BREEZY CONDITIONS... FINE FUELS SUCH AS GRASSES... PINE NEEDLES...
AND TWIGS WILL QUICKLY DRY OUT... PRODUCING 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. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN HANDLING ANY
POTENTIAL IGNITION SOURCE... INCLUDING MATCHES AND CIGARETTES.
IMPROPERLY DISCARDED SMOKING MATERIALS ARE A MAJOR CAUSE OF
WILDFIRES. ANY DRY GRASSES AND TREE LITTER THAT IGNITE WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO RAPIDLY SPREAD.

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GIH