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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1041 AM EDT SAT SEP 19 2009

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS
FIRE CONDITIONS TODAY...

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-192100-
/O.NEW.KGYX.FW.W.0007.090919T1441Z-090919T2100Z/
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-
1041 AM EDT SAT SEP 19 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS...GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH...WILL CONTINUE INTO
THIS AFTERNOON...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO 30
PERCENT OR LOWER. THIS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE
GROWTH POTENTIAL ACROSS WESTERN MAINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.

&&

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