Red Flag Warning - Wilkes (North Carolina)
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.BREEZY AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN THE WAKE OF WEDNESDAYS DRY COLD
FRONT IS RESULTING IN A HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA TODAY.
NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-060000-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FW.W.0003.070405T1600Z-070406T0000Z/
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
936 AM EDT THU APR 5 2007
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO NEAR 30 MPH AT TIMES. MEANWHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP
DOWN INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S IN MANY LOCATIONS. THESE
CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DRY SMALL FUELS...DUE TO RECENT LACK OF
RAINFALL...WILL RESULT IN A CRITICAL THREAT FOR WILDFIRES UNTIL
SUNDOWN.
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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Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Read the Full Story:http://www.weather.gov/alerts/nc.html
@ April 5, 2007