Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1217 PM HST THU AUG 19 2010

...DRY AND LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS CREATING CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS...

HIZ001-003-005>007-010-013-014-016-018-019-021-023-024-026-201130-
/O.NEW.PHFO.FW.W.0012.100819T2217Z-100821T0400Z/
NIIHAU-KAUAI LEEWARD-OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-
OAHU NORTH SHORE-CENTRAL OAHU-MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-
KAHOOLAWE-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-
KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-KOHALA-
1217 PM HST THU AUG 19 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST FRIDAY.

A DRY AND STABLE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH LOCALLY BREEZY
CONDITIONS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

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 RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING DOES NOT
PREDICT NEW FIRE STARTS.

&&

$$
WROE

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