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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
259 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND THIS AFTERNOON FOR LONG DURATIONS OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND ERC GREATER THAN 37...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR
THESE SAME REASONS FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES...

.WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE LOCAL REGION...VERY
DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY.

FLZ017-027-127-252100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FW.A.0016.130526T1800Z-130527T0000Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0023.130525T1800Z-130526T0000Z/
LEON-INLAND WAKULLA-COASTAL WAKULLA-
259 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT EACH AFTERNOON.

* ERC...37 TO 42 EACH AFTERNOON.

* 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. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

&&

$$

FLZ007>010-012-108-112-252100-
/O.CON.KTAE.FW.W.0023.130525T1800Z-130526T0000Z/
INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-HOLMES-WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-
159 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

* ERC...37 TO 40 THIS AFTERNOON.

* 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. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

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