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