Red Flag Warning 2, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Apr 5, 2013, 11:14 AM EDT (15:14 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 5, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT

Expired

Apr 5, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

048 
WWUS81 KCTP 051514
RFWCTP

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1114 AM EDT FRI APR 5 2013

...GUSTY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON...RAISING THE DANGER OF WILD FIRE SPREAD...

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-052315-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FW.W.0002.130405T1800Z-130406T0000Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-
CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
1114 AM EDT FRI APR 5 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL
OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TIMING...THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 40S.

* LIGHTNING...NONE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF
  UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET OUT
  OF CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ANY
FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY QUICKLY GET OUT OF CONTROL AND BECOME
DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN.

&&

$$

LA CORTE

615 
WWUS81 KCTP 052043
RFWCTP

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
443 PM EDT FRI APR 5 2013

...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...RAISING THE DANGER OF RAPID WILD FIRE
SPREAD...

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-060000-
/O.CON.KCTP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130406T0000Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-
CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
443 PM EDT FRI APR 5 2013

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 25
  MPH.

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM THE MID TO UPPER 40S ACROSS THE
  NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS...TO NEAR 60 ACROSS THE LOWER AND
  MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY.

* LIGHTNING...NONE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF 
  UNCONTROLLED FIRES DEVELOP...OR FOR PRESCRIBED BURNS TO GET 
  OUT OF CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ANY
FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY QUICKLY GET OUT OF CONTROL AND BECOME
DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN.

&&

$$

LAMBERT

Red Flag Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2013Every red flag warning in 2013

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