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WWUS82 KGSP 021526
RFWGSP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1126 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-030000-
/O.CON.KGSP.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080703T0000Z/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
1126 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH FROM THE MID 80S IN THE NORTHEAST
GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO AROUND 90 IN THE PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON.
THESE WARM TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH VERY DRY AIR TO PRODUCE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL
HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRY CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW
FUEL MOISTURES ACROSS THE AREA TO HEIGHTEN THE THREAT OF WILDFIRES.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WARM
TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL HEIGHTEN FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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