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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