Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
420 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...CREATING THE DANGER OF RAPID
WILDFIRE SPREAD...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST FREQUENTLY BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON...AS A RESULT OF THE LARGE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST...AND AN
AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.

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WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-
CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
420 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE LAUREL
  HIGHLANDS...NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS...AND SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
  VALLEY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 TO 30 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S.

* IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF
  UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ANY
FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY QUICKLY GET OUT OF CONTROL AND BECOME
DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN.

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