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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
304 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION BY
THIS EVENING...CREATING STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO HELP TO CREATE VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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-
304 PM 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 TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 MPH. 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