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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
305 PM EST SUN FEB 13 2011

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER ON MONDAY...

.WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER MOST OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... 
WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS ON MONDAY...TO CREATE 
A FIRE DANGER THREAT.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT...AND LOW
AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES COULD FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON. 

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

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NANTAHALA NATIONAL FOREST-
305 PM EST SUN FEB 13 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 

WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER MOST OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... 
WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS ON MONDAY...TO CREATE 
A FIRE DANGER THREAT.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT...AND LOW
AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES COULD FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON. 

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ARE DISCOURAGED FROM
BURNING ON MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE
CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH...AND LISTEN FOR
LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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TG