- Red Flag Warning for Roanoke County, Virginia
- Red Flag Warning issued March 24 at 9:52AM EDT until March 24 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 9:52 a.m.
- Expires: Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 8 p.m.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED NEAR THE VIRGINIA
BLUE RIDGE TODAY...
.VERY DRY FUELS WILL COMBINE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES OF 25 TO 30 PERCENT AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AFTER SUNSET AND BRING INCREASED
RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG WITH RAIN SHOWERS.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VIRGINIA COUNTIES NEAR
THE BLUE RIDGE....
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA...IN VIRGINIA...THE COUNTIES OF CRAIG...
ALLEGHANY...BATH...ROANOKE...BOTETOURT...ROCKBRIDGE...
FRANKLIN...BEDFORD...AMHERST...HENRY...PITTSYLVANIA...
CAMPBELL...APPOMATTOX...BUCKINGHAM...HALIFAX...AND CHARLOTTE.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
PEAK HEATING HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT
IN CONTROL PROBLEMS FOR EXISTING FIRES IN ADDITION TO INCREASED
POTENTIAL FOR SPOTTING.