BIRMINGHAM –The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a second fire warning in as many days. Sunday’s warning is for 24 counties, expanding from the eight counties in Saturday’s warning. Most are in west and central Alabama, including Jefferson, St. Clair and Blount counties. The warning is for Saturday from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Sunday.
Outdoor burning is not recommended and could be potentially be very dangerous due to a dry air mass producing low humidity and breezy conditions.
Fire Weather Warning Beginning: 2016-10-09T08:56:00 Ending: 2016-10-09T23:00:00 New Alert MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEECLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGACLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA- 356 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 …RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY AN DRY CONDITIONS FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL ALABAMA… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS…NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS…A DRY AIRMASS AND WINDY CONDITIONS COMBINED WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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
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