Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Apr 10, 2012, 3:55 AM EDT (07:55 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 10, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT

Expired

Apr 10, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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717 
WWUS82 KRAH 100755
RFWRAH

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
355 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NC
FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES WILL
RESULT IN DRY BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. WESTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NC. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH 
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-110000-
/O.UPG.KRAH.FW.A.0003.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KRAH.FW.W.0003.120410T1600Z-120411T0000Z/
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
355 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
NC. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL NC.

* TIMING...NOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. 

* TREE LITTER AND OTHER FINE FUELS...WILL DRY OUT QUICKLY. 

* TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 70S ACROSS THE NORTH TO
  MID AND UPPER 70S ACROSS THE SOUTH.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
  HUMIDITY WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRES TO RAPIDLY
  SPREAD. ANY OUTDOOR...OPEN BURNING IS CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS AT THIS
  TIME AND SHOULD BE POSTPONED. 

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.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RALEIGH (ALL LOWER CASE)

631 
WWUS82 KRAH 110001
RFWRAH

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
801 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-110115-
/O.EXP.KRAH.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120411T0000Z/
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
801 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

$$

Red Flag Warnings in North Carolina, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012

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.