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Advisory: RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS

Dear Kat Canant,

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NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
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CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
400 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST BY MID MORNING AND BECOME
VERY GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO THIS EVENING. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...50 MPH
ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES.

* HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 TO 35 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
AND EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION BROUGHT ON BY THE DROUGHT WILL
RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID SPREAD
AND GROWTH OF WILDFIRE.

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.