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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
326 AM EST MON FEB 14 2011

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS EXTREME
SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION
TODAY...CREATING STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO HELP TO CREATE VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...WARM
TEMPERATURES...AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. RESIDENTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA ARE URGED TO REFRAIN FROM BURNING TODAY.


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NANTAHALA NATIONAL FOREST-
326 AM EST MON FEB 14 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 PM
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 PM
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
THIS MORNING...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. STRONGER WIND
SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES
WILL ALSO HELP TO CREATE VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 25
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION OF BREEZY WINDS AND VERY
DRY AIR WILL PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND
SPREAD.

RESIDENTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA ARE URGED TO REFRAIN
FROM BURNING TODAY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SHORTLY.  A
COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.  PLEASE
ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF
THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

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DMG