Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
343 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES COUPLED WITH HIGH TRANSPORT WINDS
AND HIGH WIND GUSTS...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND DUE TO LONG DURATIONS OF VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...

A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WILL USHER
IN MUCH DRIER AIR FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ON WEDNESDAY...RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND BIG BEND REGION FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION VALUES
WILL ALSO BE RELATIVELY HIGH THROUGHOUT MUCH OF FLORIDA...WITH THE
HIGHEST VALUES IN THE EASTERNMOST COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND.
THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA WILL HOVER
AROUND 25 PERCENT FOR A FEW HOURS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER...
WINDS WILL GUST AT 25 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE A
RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF OUR FLORIDA AND GEORGIA
ZONES FOR WEDNESDAY. FOR THURSDAY...IT APPEARS THAT RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR THE FLORIDA ZONES FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME...SO A WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

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343 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.

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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M BARRY