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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
734 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION
THIS AFTERNOON...CREATING STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE ALSO EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL
COMBINE WITH THE GUSTY WINDS TO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE
FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD.


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JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST/VIRGINIA FORESTRY DISTRICT 6-
734 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 8 PM THIS
EVENING.

* TIMING...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* WIND...WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...
  ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET.

* HUMIDITY...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.


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