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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
100 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011
...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...
TO: FEDERAL...STATE AND LOCAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...
NEWS MEDIA AND OTHER USERS
SUBJECT: CHANGE TO RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUANCE
CRITERIA EFFECTIVE FEB 1 2011
IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE AND THE GEORGIA
FORESTRY COMMISSION...THE CRITERIA FOR RED FLAG WARNINGS AND FIRE
WEATHER WATCHES FOR NORTH AND MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL CHANGE ON
FEBRUARY 1 2011.
THE NEW CRITERIA FOR RED FLAG WARNINGS AND FIRE WEATHER WATCHES WILL
BE AS FOLLOWS:
1. 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE OF 6 PERCENT OR LESS AND
2. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS AND
3. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS OF 15 MPH OR GREATER
AND/OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 MPH OR GREATER
IN ADDITION..."FIRE DANGER STATEMENTS" /ATLSPSFFC/ WILL BE ISSUED
FOR THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
1. 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE OF 8 PERCENT OR LESS AND
2. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS
FOR 4 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR
3. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS OF 15 MPH OR GREATER
AND/OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 MPH OR GREATER
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL U.S. FOREST
SERVICE OFFICE...OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
LANS P. ROTHFUSZ
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
4 FALCON DRIVE
PEACHTREE CITY GA 30269
770-486-1133 X 222
LANS.ROTHFUSZ@NOAA.GOV
OR
BRIAN D. LYNN
FIRE WEATHER PROGRAM MANAGER/INCIDENT METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
4 FALCON DRIVE
PEACHTREE CITY GA 30269
770-486-1133 X 355
BRIAN.LYNN@NOAA.GOV
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