FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
Title Fire Weather Watch
Created 9/29/2010 3:08:00 PM
Refreshed 9/29/2010 3:19:34 PM
Effective 9/29/2010 3:08:00 PM
Expires 9/30/2010 8:00:00 PM
status Actual
Type Alert
Scope Public
Category Met
Event Fire Weather Watch
Urgency Future
Severity Moderate
Certainty Possible
Publisher NWS Indianapolis (Central Indiana)
Description
...THURSDAYS WEATHER MAY PROMOTE FIRE GROWTH...
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL RISE BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT IS FORECAST TO CROSS INDIANA OVERNIGHT. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON OUGHT TO BE AROUND 40 PERCENT. NORMALLY THIS IS TOO HIGH FOR TO OPTIMIZE FIRE GROWTH...BUT UNUSUALLY DRY FUELS MAY OFFSET THIS.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN INDIANA...21...28...29...30...31...35...36...37...38 ...39...40...41...42...43...44...45...46...47...48 ...49...51...52...53...54...55...56...57...60...61 ...62...63...64...65...67...68...69...70...71...72 CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST FAVORABLE FOR FIRE GROWTH MID AND LATE AFTERNOON THURSDAY.
Instructions
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.
Address/Location
Brown County Government
53 State Rd 46
Nashville, IN 47448
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Dallas A. Kelp
Emergency Management
[email protected]
812-988-2063