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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
947 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.

NCZ300-142300-
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NANTAHALA NATIONAL FOREST-
947 AM EST MON FEB 14 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING.

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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DH