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RFWGSP
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1005 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL BRING LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND
GUSTY WINDS TO NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY. FUELS HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY
DRYING AND CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING MORE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID
SPREAD OF FIRES.
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-220100-
/O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0001.130321T1600Z-130322T0100Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
1005 AM EDT THU MAR 21 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
* TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM EDT...WITH THE MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS MID
  TO LATE AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY
  VEGETATION...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ENHANCE THE RISK FOR THE RAPID
  SPREAD OF WILDFIRES.
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.
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