Fire Weather Watch

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
314 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE
TO THE COMBINATION OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MILES PER HOUR
OR HIGHER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 28
PERCENT AND ERC VALUES OF 26 OR HIGHER...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR OUR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA COUNTIES DUE TO POSSIBLE
LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WIND
SPEEDS AT OR ABOVE 10 MPH AND KBDI VALUES AT OR ABOVE 500...

.A DRIER AIRMASS ON FRIDAY MAY LEAD TO RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY ON SOME OF THE VALUES THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS NOT BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING YET
BUT THAT MAY OCCUR LATER TONIGHT.



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COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-
214 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* WIND...NORTH AROUND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AROUND 27 TO 28 PERCENT

* KBDI...500 TO 505

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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