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icn  RED FLAG WARNING
HARFORD MARYLAND   (MDZ007)
Effective: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 03:42pm EDT Severity: Severe
Updated: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 03:42pm EDT Urgency: Expected
Expires: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 07:00pm EDT Certainty: Likely
Areas Affected: Caroline; Cecil; Chester; Harford; Kent; Lancaster; New Castle; Queen Anne's; Talbot; York
 
Alert: 
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
IT HAS NOT RAINED IN ALMOST TWO WEEKS ACROSS MOST OF THIS AREA.
ANY SHOWERS OR ISOLATED EARLY THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY MORNING
WILL BE BRIEF WITH AMOUNTS UNDER ONE QUARTER INCH.
SKIES WILL RAPIDLY CLEAR DURING MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES
HEATING UP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST AND
GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH DURING MID AFTERNOON. DEWPOINTS WILL
TUMBLE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHOULD DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT BY 3 PM.
Instructions: 
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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

 

icn  FIRE WEATHER WATCH
HARFORD MARYLAND   (MDZ007)
Effective: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 02:39pm EDT Severity: Moderate
Updated: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 02:39pm EDT Urgency: Future
Expires: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 06:00pm EDT Certainty: Possible
Areas Affected: Adams; Allegany; Anne Arundel; Arlington; Baltimore; Baltimore City; Bedford; Berkeley; Calvert; Carroll; Cecil; Central and Eastern Allegany; Charles; District of Columbia; Extreme Western Allegany; Fairfax; Franklin; Frederick; Fulton; Garrett; Hampshire; Harford; Howard; Jefferson; Lancaster; Loudoun; Mineral; Montgomery; Morgan; Northern Baltimore; Prince Georges; Somerset; Southern Baltimore; St. Marys; Washington; York
 
Alert: 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION LATE
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. BEHIND THE FRONT...WESTERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
DECREASE TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS
OCCURRING OVER AN AREA WITH VERY LOW FUEL MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE A
FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE SPREAD OF FIRES AS THE AREA REMAINS
VERY DRY.
Instructions: 
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

 

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