Red Flag Warning- Raleigh, McDowell, Wyoming
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
941 AM EDT WED MAR 20 2013
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-086-087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>016-
024>027-033>035-202145-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FW.W.0001.130320T1600Z-130321T0000Z/
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-GALLIA-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-
WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-
CLAY-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
941 AM EDT WED MAR 20 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND
SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA...DUE TO DRY FUELS...COMBINED
WITH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FOR ZONES 003...004...
005...006...007...008...013...014...015...016...024...025...026...
027...033...034...035...083...086...087...101...102...103 AND 105.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 DICKENSON...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 004 BUCHANAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 005 WAYNE...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 006 CABELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 007 MASON...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 008 JACKSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 LINCOLN...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 014 PUTNAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 KANAWHA...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 016 ROANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 024 MINGO...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 025 LOGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 026 BOONE...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 027 CLAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 MCDOWELL...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 034 WYOMING...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035 RALEIGH...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 JACKSON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 GALLIA...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 LAWRENCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101
GREENUP...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 CARTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103
BOYD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 LAWRENCE.
* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TIMING...NOON THROUGH 8 PM.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S.
* IMPACTS...THE THREAT IS ENHANCED IN GRASSY AND BRUSH FILLED
AREAS.
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.