RED FLAG DAY 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
236 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2016
...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COUPLED WITH GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS
INCREASE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON...
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236 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2016
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT
THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...SUSTAIN WINDS OF 15 TO
18 MPH OR HIGHER AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR SOUTHEAST
OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 DICKENSON...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 004 BUCHANAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 PERRY...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 067 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 ATHENS...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 076 WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 083 JACKSON OH...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 084 VINTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 MEIGS...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 086 GALLIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 LAWRENCE OH...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 GREENUP...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 CARTER...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 BOYD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 LAWRENCE
KY.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 8 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 24 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 50S.
* IMPACTS...THE THREAT IS ENHANCED IN GRASSY AND BRUSH FILLED
AREAS. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
Address/Location
Greenup County, KY Emergency Management
424 Perry St
Greenup, KY 41144
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 606-922-1375