URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1029 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012

NYZ015>017-022>025-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-
072-092200-
/O.CON.KBGM.FW.W.0006.120409T1500Z-120409T2200Z/
YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-
CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-
SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
1029 AM EDT MON APR 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* AFFECTED AREA...MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND ALL OF NORTHEASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA.
* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
  45 MPH...PARTICULARLY ON THE HILLTOPS.
* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF RAPID SPREAD AND
  GROWTH. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME.

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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

MJ