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
315 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2010

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER THROUGH SUNSET...

CONTINUED DRY WEATHER...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND
BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER
THROUGH 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
IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE 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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