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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
232 AM EST SUN NOV 16 2025
..DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TODAY
.GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS
WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
232 AM EST SUN NOV 16 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA...CENTRAL, WESTERN, AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, AND
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 69.
* LIGHTNING...NONE.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS, DRY FUELS, AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH.
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.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RNK/FIRE
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