Red Flag WARNING: NY Southern Tier

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
402 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012

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WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
402 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN ERIE
AND WYOMING COUNTIES AND THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES AND THE
  WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER.

* TIMING...11 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH.

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

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW AND SPREAD
  RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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