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Title Red Flag Warning
Created 9/23/2010 10:02:00 AM
Refreshed 9/23/2010 10:47:51 AM
Effective 9/23/2010 10:02:00 AM
Expires 9/23/2010 8:00:00 PM
status Actual
Type Alert
Scope Public
Category Met
Event Red Flag Warning
Urgency Expected
Severity Severe
Certainty Likely
Publisher NWS Indianapolis (Central Indiana)
Description
...RED FLAG WARNING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 THIS AFTERNOON...

A COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION FUELS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED WILD FIRE POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF INDIANA WILL PUSH VERY WARM AIR ACROSS INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO RISE IN TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S. DEW POINT TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT...HOWEVER A FEW SPOTS MAY HEAT A BIT WARMER AND BECOME MORE DRY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...RESULTING IN PERIOD OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN INDIANA...51...52...53...54...55...56...57...60...61 ...62...63...64...65...67...68...69...70...71...72 TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR 30 PERCENT...WIND GUSTS AT 25 TO 30 MPH...LOW FUEL MOISTURES AND THE DRY GROUND WILL LEAD TO POTENTIAL RED FLAG CONDITIONS.

Instructions
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.