Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Mar 23, 2011, 2:54 AM EDT (06:54 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 23, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT

Expired

Mar 23, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

The Greer radar (KGSP), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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619 
WWUS82 KGSP 230654
RFWGSP

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
254 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-303-501>510-
231600-
/O.UPG.KGSP.FW.A.0004.110323T1200Z-110324T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGSP.FW.W.0004.110323T1200Z-110324T0000Z/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-
HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
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-
254 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

* LOCATIONS...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY BY MID MORNING...WITH GUSTS
  INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
  WILL APPROACH CRITICAL LEVELS FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH.
  WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 25 TO 35 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD FALL TO BETWEEN 25
  AND 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON.
  VALUES WILL LIKELY DIP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT ACROSS MOST
  OF THE MOUNTAINS.

* FUEL MOISTURE...FUEL MOISTURE IS ALREADY LOW...WITH ADDITIONAL
  CRITICAL DRYING EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS.

* THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP
  FROM THE WEST FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT
  AND 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.

&&

$$

GERAPETRITIS

953 
WWUS82 KGSP 231644
RFWGSP

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1244 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-303-501>510-
240000-
/O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-
HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
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-
1244 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY...WITH GUSTS INCREASING
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
  APPROACH CRITICAL LEVELS FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. 
  WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...
   WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. 

* HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD FALL TO BETWEEN 25 
  AND 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THIS 
  AFTERNOON. VALUES WILL LIKELY DIP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT 
  ACROSS MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS. 

* FUEL MOISTURE...FUEL MOISTURE IS ALREADY LOW...WITH ADDITIONAL 
  CRITICAL DRYING EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS. 

* THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAY 
  DEVELOP FROM THE WEST FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING 
  HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID 
  DEVELOPMENT AND 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.

&&

$$

Red Flag Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.