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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
352 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011


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352 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT
RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...ESSENTIALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE
I-30 CORRIDOR. ALONG WITH THE LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25
TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO OCCURRING. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH BELOW
NORMAL RAINFALL HAVE CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE UNCONTROLLED OR
UNMONITORED FIRES COULD SPREAD VERY QUICKLY.

WHILE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING AND INTO THE NIGHT...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY AROUND AND SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. THIS WILL EASE THE
FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS SUCH THAT FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT
LIKELY TO BE MET AFTER SUNSET.

INDIVIDUALS IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA ARE ADVISED
TO BE CAREFUL WITH FIRE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

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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