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Ripley County Emergency Management Agency
Thursday November 19th, 2020 :: 10:17 a.m. EST

Advisory

New event. "Red Flag Warning" from 11/19/2020 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM EST including Ripley County:

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON... .Strong winds and low relative humidity this afternoon will cause any fires that occur to spread rapidly. Please refrain from open burning and report any fires that you may see.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE REGION...

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a Red Flag
Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect
until 7 PM EST this evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 042 Darke, Fire Weather Zone
045 Union OH, Fire Weather Zone 046 Delaware, Fire Weather
Zone 050 Wayne, Fire Weather Zone 051 Miami, Fire Weather Zone
052 Champaign, Fire Weather Zone 053 Clark, Fire Weather Zone
054 Madison, Fire Weather Zone 055 Franklin OH, Fire Weather
Zone 056 Licking, Fire Weather Zone 058 Fayette IN, Fire
Weather Zone 059 Union IN, Fire Weather Zone 060 Preble, Fire
Weather Zone 061 Montgomery, Fire Weather Zone 062 Greene,
Fire Weather Zone 063 Fayette OH, Fire Weather Zone 064
Pickaway, Fire Weather Zone 065 Fairfield, Fire Weather Zone
066 Franklin IN, Fire Weather Zone 070 Butler, Fire Weather
Zone 071 Warren, Fire Weather Zone 072 Clinton, Fire Weather
Zone 073 Ripley, Fire Weather Zone 073 Ross, Fire Weather Zone
074 Dearborn, Fire Weather Zone 074 Hocking, Fire Weather Zone
075 Ohio, Fire Weather Zone 077 Hamilton, Fire Weather Zone
078 Clermont, Fire Weather Zone 079 Brown, Fire Weather Zone
080 Switzerland, Fire Weather Zone 080 Highland, Fire Weather
Zone 081 Adams, Fire Weather Zone 082 Pike, Fire Weather Zone
088 Scioto, Fire Weather Zone 089 Carroll, Fire Weather Zone
090 Gallatin, Fire Weather Zone 091 Boone, Fire Weather Zone
092 Kenton, Fire Weather Zone 093 Campbell, Fire Weather Zone
094 Owen, Fire Weather Zone 095 Grant, Fire Weather Zone 096
Pendleton, Fire Weather Zone 097 Bracken, Fire Weather Zone
098 Robertson, Fire Weather Zone 099 Mason and Fire Weather
Zone 100 Lewis.

* WINDS...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 23 percent.

* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Avoid burning. Conditions are favorable for rapid fire growth.

More information/updates at: www.weather.gov/iln

Address/Location
Ripley County Emergency Management Agency
210 N Monroe St
Versailles, IN 47042

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 812-689-0505

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