Fire Danger This Afternoon

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
622 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CDT TODAY FOR
LAUDERDALE, COLBERT, AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES FOR THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

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LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-LIMESTONE-
622 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CDT TODAY FOR
LAUDERDALE, COLBERT, AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES FOR THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS RED FLAG WARNING REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WAS
PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES.

* TIMING...NOON TO 5 PM CDT TODAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 30 PERCENT BY NOON
  AND RANGE FROM 25-30 PERCENT FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. VALUES
  WILL IMPROVE TO 30-35 PERCENT BY DUSK.

* 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. A COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.