UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
711 AM EDT SUN MAY 9 2010

NCZ012> 017-030> 032-102-VAZ048-049-060> 100-092000-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-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-
VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE...
ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA...FARMVILLE...
GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...
RICHMOND...TAPPAHANNOCK...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...
EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...
NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON...CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...
EASTVILLE
711 AM EDT SUN MAY 9 2010

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER TODAY...

CONTINUED DRY WEATHER...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND
BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER
TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE
10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH DURING THE LATE MORNING
AND AFTERNOON HOURS. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT OVER INTERIOR LOCATIONS...AND
25 TO 35 PERCENT ALONG THE COAST. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...COMBINED
WITH A VERY DRY GROUND MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE SPREAD IF ANY
FIRES DO START.

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.

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