Rare Red Flag Warning

From NWS-Nashville


URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1230 PM CST SAT NOV 7 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON...

.GRADIENT WINDS AND MIXING AHEAD OF A SURFACE TROUGH IS EXPECTED
TO PRODUCE SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHER WIND GUSTS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL RED FLAG
CONDITIONS.

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-078-092>096-080000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FW.W.0001.091107T1830Z-091108T0000Z/
FIRE WEATHER ZONE DISTRICT 5 NORTH
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-
RUTHERFORD-STEWART-SUMNER-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
FIRE WEATHER ZONE DISTRICT 4
CANNON-CLAY-CUMBERLAND-DE KALB-FENTRESS-JACKSON-MACON-OVERTON-
PICKETT-PUTNAM-SMITH-TROUSDALE-WARREN-WHITE-
FIRE WEATHER ZONE DISTRICT 5 SOUTH
BEDFORD-GILES-HARDIN-HICKMAN-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MARSHALL-
MAURY-PERRY-WAYNE-
1230 PM CST SAT NOV 7 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 25 TO 35
PERCENT WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

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 CREATE
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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