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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
630 PM EDT TUE APR 28 2009

...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS EARLY THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OF VERY WARM AND RELATIVELY DRY AIR
WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE SPREAD OF WILD FIRES.

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-
EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
630 PM EDT TUE APR 28 2009

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

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

WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER
80S...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT WILL
COMBINE TO PROVIDE THE INGREDIENTS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF BUSH
FIRES...IF ONE WERE TO OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP VEHICLES OUT OF GRASSY AREAS AND TO
ENSURE PROPER DISPOSAL OF ANY SMOKING MATERIALS. IT ONLY TAKES A
CARELESSLY DISPOSED CIGARETTE TO IGNITE A WILD FIRE AND WITH THE
DRY AND WINDY WEATHER CONDITIONS...A SMALL FIRE COULD SPREAD
RAPIDLY.

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 RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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