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Extreme Fire Weather Concerns; Severe Thunderstorms from the Plains to Mississippi Valley

Extremely critical fire weather concerns for portions of the southern High Plans as strong wind and very dry conditions could result in rapid spread of any fires. Meanwhile, severe thunderstorms are expected once again across areas of the Central and Southern Plains, then spreading in the Mississippi Valley regions on Monday. Damaging winds, very large hail and strong tornadoes are possible. Read More >

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Extreme Western Allegany-Including the city of Frostburg Central and Eastern Allegany-Including the city of Cumberland Washington-Including the city of Hagerstown Frederick MD-Including the cities of Frederick and Ballenger Creek Carroll-Including the cities of Eldersburg and Westminster Northern Baltimore-Including the cities of Reisterstown and Cockeysville Southern Baltimore-Including the city of Baltimore Northwest Harford-Including the city of Jarrettsville Southeast Harford-Including the city of Aberdeen Garrett County Northwest Montgomery Central and Southeast Montgomery Northwest Howard-Including the city of Lisbon Central and Southeast Howard-Including the cities of Columbia and Ellicott City Prince Georges-Including the cities of Bowie, Suitland-Silver Hill, Clinton, College Park, Greenbelt, Laurel, and Camp Springs Charles-Including the cities of St. Charles and Waldorf Calvert-Including the cities of Chesapeake Beach, Huntingtown, Dunkirk, North Beach, Lusby, and Prince Frederick St. Marys-Including the cities of Lexington Park and California Cecil County Western Highland-Including the city of Hightown Eastern Highland-Including the city of Monterey Augusta-Including the cities of Staunton, Waynesboro, and Stuarts Draft" title="Augusta-Including the cities of Staunton, Waynesboro, and Stuarts Draft Central Virginia Blue Ridge-Including the city of Wintergreen Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Including the city of Big Meadows Rockingham-Including the city of Harrisonburg Shenandoah-Including the cities of Strasburg, Woodstock, Mount Jackson, and New Market Frederick VA-Including the city of Winchester Page-Including the cities of Luray, Shenandoah, and Stanley Warren-Including the city of Front Royal Clarke-Including the city of Berryville Nelson-Including the city of Lovingston Albemarle-Including the city of Charlottesville Greene-Including the city of Stanardsville Madison-Including the city of Madison Rappahannock-Including the city of Washington Orange-Including the cities of Orange and Gordonsville Culpeper-Including the city of Culpeper Northern Fauquier-Including the city of Warrenton Southern Fauquier-Including the city of Turnbull Eastern Loudoun-Including the cities of Leesburg, Ashburn, and Sterling Western Loudoun-Including the cities of Leesburg, Ashburn, and Sterling Spotsylvania-Including the city of Fredericksburg Stafford-Including the city of Falmouth Northwest Prince William-Including the city of Haymarket Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Including the cities of Dale City, Manassas, Woodbridge, Lake Ridge, and Montclair Fairfax-Including the cities of Reston, Herndon, Annandale, Centreville, Chantilly, McLean, and Franconia Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Including the cities of Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church King George-Including the city of Dahlgren Eastern Pendleton-Including the cities of Brandywine, Franklin, Oak Flat, Ruddle, and Sugar Grove Western Pendleton-Including the city of Riverton Western Grant-Including the cities of Bayard and Mount Storm Eastern Grant-Including the city of Petersburg Hardy-Including the city of Moorefield Western Mineral-Including the city of Elk Garden Eastern Mineral-Including the cities of Antioch, Keyser, New Creek, Ridgeville, Russelldale, Headsville, and Fort Ashby Hampshire-Including the city of Romney Morgan-Including the city of Paw Paw Berkeley-Including the city of Martinsburg Jefferson-Including the cities of Charles Town and Shepherdstown

 

 

RAWS Point Forecasts

 

  Antietam NB 180303           Catoctin 180302               Cedarville 181510          Fort Valley 440402       Green Ridge 180201

NPS HQ Luray 440901      Kearneysville 462901           Augusta 461102              Patuxent 181501       Prince William 441531

                                          Sawmill Ridge 441906      Susquehanna 180701       Upper Tract 463501

 

Area NWS Fire Weather Forecasts

 

NWS Sterling Fire Weather Planning forecasts are sent 2 times per day, just prior to 1:00 AM and PM.

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Issued in coordination with the state agencies when near red flag criteria are expected.
 

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NWS Sterling Fire Weather Forecast - available year round (map of area with fire weather zones)

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NWS Wakefield Fire Weather Forecast (map of area)

NWS Blacksburg Fire Weather Forecast (map of area)

NWS Mt. Holly Fire Weather Forecast (map of area)

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Satellite Resources

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Hazard Mapping System Fire and Smoke Product (quality controlled product that includes GOES, VIIRS, and soon Sentinel-3 fire detections)

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