Fire Weather Warning

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TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-
JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-
WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-
BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-
1031 AM EDT THU MAR 17 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW
HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND FOR EASTERN OHIO...THE NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA PANHANDLE...AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 001 HANCOCK...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 002 BROOKE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 003 OHIO...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 004 MARSHALL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 013 LAWRENCE...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 014 BUTLER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 015 CLARION...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 016 JEFFERSON PA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 020 BEAVER...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 ALLEGHENY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 022
ARMSTRONG...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 INDIANA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
029 WASHINGTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 GREENE...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 039 TUSCARAWAS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 040 CARROLL...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 041 COLUMBIANA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 048
COSHOCTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 049 HARRISON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
050 JEFFERSON OH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 057 MUSKINGUM...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 058 GUERNSEY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 059 BELMONT...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 NOBLE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 MONROE...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 WESTMORELAND...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074
WESTMORELAND RIDGES... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 FAYETTE AND FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 076 FAYETTE RIDGES.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60'S.

* IMPACTS...THERE IS AN ELEVATED RISK FOR BRUSH FIRES. ANY FIRES
MAY SPREAD IF NOT CONTAINED.

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.