RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUES AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
CDT TUES EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AREA…

AFFECTED AREA…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 WELLS…FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 025 FOSTER…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 KIDDER…FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 037 STUTSMAN…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 047 LOGAN…FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 048 LA MOURE…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 050 MCINTOSH AND FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 051 DICKEY.

* WINDS…NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO NEAR 40 MPH.

* TIMING…AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AROUND 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID 40S.

* IMPACTS…RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE IGNITE.

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.