Red Flag Warning - Wilkes (North Carolina)
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.LOW PRESSURE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION FOR REST OF THE DAY. DUE TO POOR
HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVERNIGHT...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON
WILL BE BELOW 20 PERCENT.
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ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-
1110 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2007
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.
MINIMUM HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH 15 TO 20
PERCENT...WITH THE LOWEST VALUES JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
SUSTAINED EYE LEVEL WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH OUT OF THE
NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH. ALONG THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS
OF THE BLUE RIDGE WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SLACKEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING NOW. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL.
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AMS
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Read the Full Story:http://www.weather.gov/alerts/nc.html
@ April 17, 2007