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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1050 AM EDT THU APR 2 2015

NCZ012>014-030-VAZ048-049-060>097-022300-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-BERTIE-FLUVANNA-LOUISA-
PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-
LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-
KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-
NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-
CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-
SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE...LOUISA...
FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...
COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK...LAWRENCEVILLE...
PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...
POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON
1050 AM EDT THU APR 2 2015
...INCREASED FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON...
THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL PRODUCE AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS
WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 20 TO 30 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION HANDLING ANY POTENTIAL
IGNITION SOURCE...INCLUDING MACHINERY...CIGARETTES...AND MATCHES.
BE SURE TO PROPERLY DISCARD ALL SMOKING MATERIALS. ANY DRY GRASSES
AND TREE LITTER THAT IGNITE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD
QUICKLY.
VIRGINIA RESIDENTS ARE REMINDED THAT OPEN BURNING IS PROHIBITED
BEFORE 4 PM EACH DAY THROUGH APRIL 30TH.
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