National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Red Flag Warning

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344 AM EST SUN MAR 3 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
EST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FLAGLER...
MARION AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* WIND...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY NEAR 25 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 WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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