Red Flag Warning 04/19/2006

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

445 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-

NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-

SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-

EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-

NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-

BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-

NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-

SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

445 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS

AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN

CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE

COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...GUSTY WINDS...AND

DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR TODAY. THE RAPID

SPREAD OF BRUSH FIRES IS LIKELY GIVEN IGNITION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY FOR BRUSH FIRE REPORTS.

Could be a busy day. Lets be careful out there

[Porsha911gt3 8]

Article from from the Poughkeepsie Journal

Fire warning issued for Dutchess, Ulster

By Dan Shapley

Residents should not burn yard waste until the next substantial rain storm, the Department of Environmental Conservation warned Wednesday.

Lack of rain, low humidity and high winds prompted the National Weather Service to declare a "Red Flag Warning" Wednesday for much of Eastern New York, including Dutchess and Ulster counties. The warning means firefighters face increased risk should a fire start.

The DEC followed by declaring fire danger ``high'' across the state and "very high" in the lower Hudson Valley and Long Island. That warning means all fine, dead fuels will ignite readily from most causes. They are likely to intensify and spread rapidly. Unattended brush and camp fires are likely to escape.

The National Weather Service warning is in effect until 8 p.m. today. The DEC warning will continue until the region gets substantial rain.

Wind is expected to slacken overnight, lessening the risk. Substantial rains are expected Saturday and Sunday.

[x242Steve 1]

Stamford had a tree on fire this afternoon, on Houston Terrace... Engine 4 responded... possibly started by a flicked cigarette...

[cas2383 22]

Heard a few depts get toned out today for brush fires both in WC and FFld Counties.... gues they werent kidding.

[fireboy 6]

I know that hastings got a pretty decent size brush fire a couple of weeks ago.

[res6cue 67]

The warnings are definitely no joke. Hillcrest (Rockland) was toned out for a brush fire this afternoon, homeowner called right back after dispatch to say it was involving the structure and on arrival it was a working structure fire involving at least 50% of the structure. All said and done, the main structure was basically a total loss and there was damage to an adjacent structure and a vehicle. We're only talking a few minutes here too in which it went from a brush fire to a full blown structure.