Full Notification

Title Red Flag Warning
Created 10/20/2010 6:51:00 AM
Refreshed 10/20/2010 8:02:16 AM
Effective 10/20/2010 6:51:00 AM
Expires 10/20/2010 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
...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

A COMBINATION OF CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS...LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

..FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH 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 FUEL MOISTURES AVERAGING 8 PERCENT...ALONG WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY APPROACHING 25 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.