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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC

1208 PM EST THU FEB 12 2009



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DARLINGTON-FLORENCE-MARION-HORRY-WILLIAMSBURG-GEORGETOWN-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARLINGTON...FLORENCE...MARION...

CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...KINGSTREE...GEORGETOWN

1208 PM EST THU FEB 12 2009



...INCREASED FIRE DANGER TODAY...



THE COMBINATION OF DRY AIR AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS IN WAKE OF A

COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE FIRE WEATHER DANGER TODAY.



WEST WINDS OF 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY

VALUES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT...WILL DRIVE THE INCREASED FIRE WEATHER

POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BOTTOM

OUT BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT BETWEEN 100 PM AND 500 PM...WITH THE

STRONGEST WESTERLY WIND GUSTS LIKELY OCCURRING IN THE MIDDLE

AFTERNOON.



THOSE WITH FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FIRE

WEATHER FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH THE

MORNING FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES...AS WELL AS THE LATEST INFORMATION

ON TODAY'S ENHANCED FIRE WEATHER DANGER.



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