Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Feb 19, 2011, 4:24 AM EST (09:24 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 19, 2011, 9:00 AM EST

Expired

Feb 19, 2011, 9:00 PM EST

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

The Greer radar (KGSP), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

516 
WWUS82 KGSP 190924
RFWGSP

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
424 AM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

NCZ033-035>037-049-050-056-057-069-071-072-082-501>506-191730-
/O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0002.110219T1400Z-110220T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0002.110219T1400Z-110220T0200Z/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
LINCOLN-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-
424 AM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND
  MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.

* TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTING TO 30 MPH IN THE
  MOUNTAINS...AND NORTHWEST TO 15 MPH AND GUSTING AS HIGH AS 25
  MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.

* HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND 15 TO 20
  PERCENT IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.

* FUEL MOISTURE...LOW.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF
  WILDFIRES.

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.

&&

$$

NCZ048-052-053-059-063>065-068-070-303-507>510-191730-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0002.110219T1400Z-110220T0200Z/
MADISON-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-GASTON-
NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-
424 AM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA
  EXCEPT FOR GRAHAM...MACON AND THE NON-SMOKY MOUNTAIN PARK
  PORTION OF SWAIN...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF
  NORTH CAROLINA.

* TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTING TO 30 MPH IN THE
  MOUNTAINS...AND NORTHWEST TO 15 MPH AND GUSTING AS HIGH AS 25
  MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.

* HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND 15 TO 20
  PERCENT IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.

* FUEL MOISTURE...LOW.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF
  WILDFIRES.

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.

&&

$$

718 
WWUS82 KGSP 191541
RFWGSP

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1041 AM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

NCZ033-035>037-048>050-052-053-056-057-059-063>065-068>072-082-
303-501>510-200200-
/O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110220T0200Z/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-NORTHERN JACKSON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-
NORTH CAROLINA PORTION OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
1041 AM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
  CAROLINA...AND THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.

* TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTING TO 30 MPH IN THE
  MOUNTAINS...AND NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH AND GUSTING AS HIGH AS
  25 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.

* HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND 10 TO 15
  PERCENT IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.

* FUEL MOISTURE...LOW.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF 
  WILDFIRES. 

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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