Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a Fire Weather Watch for low relative humidity and gusty winds, which is in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening.

* Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 003 Dickenson, Fire Weather Zone 004 Buchanan, Fire Weather Zone 013 Lincoln, Fire Weather Zone 015 Kanawha, Fire Weather Zone 016 Roane, Fire Weather Zone 018 Calhoun, Fire Weather Zone 024 Mingo, Fire Weather Zone 025 Logan, Fire Weather Zone 026 Boone, Fire Weather Zone 027 Clay, Fire Weather Zone 028 Braxton, Fire Weather Zone 029 Gilmer, Fire Weather Zone 030 Lewis, Fire Weather Zone 031 Harrison, Fire Weather Zone 032 Taylor, Fire Weather Zone 033 McDowell, Fire Weather Zone 034 Wyoming, Fire Weather Zone 039 Upshur, Fire Weather Zone 040 Barbour, Fire Weather Zone 515 Northwest Raleigh, Fire Weather Zone 516 Southeast Raleigh, Fire Weather Zone 517 Northwest Fayette, Fire Weather Zone 518 Southeast Fayette, Fire Weather Zone 519 Northwest Nicholas, Fire Weather Zone 520 Southeast Nicholas, Fire Weather Zone 521 Northwest Webster, Fire Weather Zone 522 Southeast Webster, Fire Weather Zone 523 Northwest Pocahontas, Fire Weather Zone 524 Southeast Pocahontas, Fire Weather Zone 525 Northwest Randolph and Fire Weather Zone 526 Southeast Randolph.

* Timing...Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening.

* Winds...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* Relative Humidity...As low as 22 percent.

* Temperatures...In the 50s to upper 60s across much of the area, and upper 40s to 50s in the northeast West Virginia mountains.

* AFFECTED AREAS: DICKENSON ... BUCHANAN ... LINCOLN ... KANAWHA ... ROANE ... CALHOUN ... MINGO ... LOGAN ... BOONE ... CLAY ... BRAXTON ... GILMER ... LEWIS ... HARRISON ... TAYLOR ... MCDOWELL ... WYOMING ... UPSHUR ... BARBOUR ... NORTHWEST RALEIGH ... SOUTHEAST RALEIGH ... NORTHWEST FAYETTE ... SOUTHEAST FAYETTE ... NORTHWEST NICHOLAS ... SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS ... NORTHWEST WEBSTER ... SOUTHEAST WEBSTER ... NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS ... SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS ... NORTHWEST RANDOLPH ... SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH

Instructions:

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.