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Fire Weather Warning, Fire Weather Watch
Issued by the National Weather Service at 4:15 am EDT on March 15, 2010


... Red flag warning in effect from 3 PM this afternoon to 7 PM
EDT this evening...
... Fire Weather Watch in effect from Tuesday afternoon through
Tuesday evening...

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a red flag
warning due to a combination of relative humidity around 35
percent... 20 foot winds around 15 mph and high dispersion indices.
A Fire Weather Watch has also been issued for Tuesday due to long
durations of low relative humidity.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now... or will shortly. Low relative humidity
will enhance fire growth potential.

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are possible. Listen for later forecasts and possible red flag
warnings.






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