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Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MAY 7 2015
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MAINE...
A HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS A VERY
DRY AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE. ANYONE CONSIDERING OUTSIDE BURNING
SHOULD MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AS WELL AS LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS BEFORE BURNING.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
* TIMING... FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EVENING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 70S TO NEAR 80.
* LIGHTNING...NONE.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY.
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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