Red Flag Warning Today

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
412 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA...

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LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-
412 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA... LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN AL...
  LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MORGAN...MARSHALL...
  JACKSON...DEKALB...AND CULLMAN COUNTIES.

* TIMING...BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM CST.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO
  THE 20-25 PERCENT RANGE.

* 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
OVER A PROLONGED PERIOD WILL INCREASE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL