Red Flag Warning from National Weather Service
2 min readURGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 835 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-100000- /O.CON.KCTP.FW.W.0004.120409T1700Z-120410T0000Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 835 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA * WINDS... WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 27 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 50S. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 27 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 50S ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA...AND BETWEEN 60 AND 65 DEGREES THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEYS. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID SPREAD IF UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. 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.