Red Flag warning today: Noon to 8 p.m.
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK TUE JUL 14 2009 ...ELEVATED WILDFIRE POTENTIAL IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TODAY... .SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING. THE BREEZY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITIES... DRY VEGETATION... AND VERY HOT TEMPERATURES TO ELEVATE THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL. HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY- CUSTER-BLAINE- TUE JUL 14 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 20 PERCENT... AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO AFFECT NORTHWEST AND PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. SUCH CONDITIONS WILL ELEVATE THE RISK OF WILDFIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
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