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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1025 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2009

...ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA...

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER TODAY...

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SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-
LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
1025 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...DRY FINE
FUELS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND A WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND BETWEEN
15 AND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...HAS CREATED AN ELEVATED FIRE
DANGER OVER THE REGION TODAY.

DUE TO THE EXPECTED WIND GUSTS AND THE CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE IS AN INCREASED POTENTIAL
FOR THE INITIATION AND RAPID SPREAD OF BRUSH AND WILD FIRES IN THE
REGION.

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...DRY FINE FUELS AND WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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