!EXPIRED – EXPIRED – EXPIRED!
URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
258 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-PRINCE GEORGES-
ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-
SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-
GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-EASTERN HIGHLAND-
HAMPSHIRE-HARDY-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN MINERAL-EASTERN PENDLETON-
258 PM EST MON FEB 14 2011
…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING…
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING.
* HUMIDITY… MINUMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 30
PERCENT.
* WINDS… WEST 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED. GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH.
* FUEL MOISTURE… 7 TO 8 PERCENT.
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…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
