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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1247 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON...

MSZ001>009-TNZ048>055-088>091-190000-
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DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-
PRENTISS-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-
HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-
1247 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE FOR
NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 FOOT WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...WITH 
  GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. 

* HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT.

* 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE...VALUES BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PERCENT WILL 
  CREATE DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

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COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-
TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-
1247 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE
FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 FOOT WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...WITH 
  GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. 

* HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT.

* 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE...VALUES BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PERCENT WILL 
  CREATE DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$

JCL