Red Flag Warning and Fire Weather Watch, issued by National Weather Service, Norman
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS OVER A LARGE AREA TODAY...MORE LIMITED ON THURSDAY... .VERY WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THURSDAY...WITH BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. WITH TEMPERATURE AND WIND CRITERIA BEING MET... RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WHEREVER HUMIDITY DROPS BELOW 20 PERCENT. TODAY HUMIDITY WILL BE VERY LOW IN ALL OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. AREAS FARTHER EAST TOWARD INTERSTATE 35...WILL SEE HUMIDITY BRIEFLY APPROACH 20 TO 25 PERCENT AROUND MIDDAY...BUT AIR WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT AND GOING INTO THURSDAY...THE HIGHER HUMIDITY GULF AIR WILL SURGE WEST AND NORTHWARD...LEAVING ONLY FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AT RISK TO SEE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. ALFALFA-MAJOR-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-CADDO-CANADIAN-COMANCHE-COTTON- CLAY- WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RED FLAG CRITERIA WILL BE MET TODAY...WITH INCREASINGLY WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER AS ONE MOVES FROM EAST TO WEST THROUGH THE WARNED AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 20 PERCENT AT CHEROKEE... EL RENO...AND HENRIETTA TEXAS...DOWN TO 8 TO 15 PERCENT TO THE WEST OF FAIRVIEW...WEATHERFORD...AND WICHITA FALLS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL NOT BE EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. OVERNIGHT RECOVERY WILL BE GREATER THAN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT...AS GULF MOISTURE BEGINS TO ARRIVE. HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER TO 60 TO 70 PERCENT IN MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. 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. ----------------------------
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS OVER A LARGE AREA TODAY...MORE LIMITED ON THURSDAY... .VERY WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THURSDAY...WITH BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. WITH TEMPERATURE AND WIND CRITERIA BEING MET... RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WHEREVER HUMIDITY DROPS BELOW 20 PERCENT. TODAY HUMIDITY WILL BE VERY LOW IN ALL OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. AREAS FARTHER EAST TOWARD INTERSTATE 35...WILL SEE HUMIDITY BRIEFLY APPROACH 20 TO 25 PERCENT AROUND MIDDAY...BUT AIR WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT AND GOING INTO THURSDAY...THE HIGHER HUMIDITY GULF AIR WILL SURGE WEST AND NORTHWARD...LEAVING ONLY FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AT RISK TO SEE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. WOODS-DEWEY-CUSTER-WASHITA-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN- HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER- WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. RED FLAG CRITERIA WILL BE MET TODAY...WITH INCREASINGLY WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER AS ONE MOVES FROM EAST TO WEST THROUGH THE WARNED AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 20 PERCENT AT CHEROKEE... EL RENO...AND HENRIETTA TEXAS...DOWN TO 8 TO 15 PERCENT TO THE WEST OF FAIRVIEW...WEATHERFORD...AND WICHITA FALLS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL NOT BE EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. OVERNIGHT RECOVERY WILL BE GREATER THAN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT...AS GULF MOISTURE BEGINS TO ARRIVE. HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER TO 60 TO 70 PERCENT IN MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. 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. -------------------------------
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS OVER A LARGE AREA TODAY...MORE LIMITED ON THURSDAY... .VERY WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THURSDAY...WITH BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. WITH TEMPERATURE AND WIND CRITERIA BEING MET... RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WHEREVER HUMIDITY DROPS BELOW 20 PERCENT. TODAY HUMIDITY WILL BE VERY LOW IN ALL OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. AREAS FARTHER EAST TOWARD INTERSTATE 35...WILL SEE HUMIDITY BRIEFLY APPROACH 20 TO 25 PERCENT AROUND MIDDAY...BUT AIR WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT AND GOING INTO THURSDAY...THE HIGHER HUMIDITY GULF AIR WILL SURGE WEST AND NORTHWARD...LEAVING ONLY FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AT RISK TO SEE RED FLAG CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. HARPER-ELLIS-WOODWARD-ROGER MILLS-BECKHAM- WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. IN FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA...TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CRITERIA WILL BE MET EASILY TODAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S AND HUMIDITY BETWEEN 8 AND 12 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL NOT BE EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG...SOUTHWEST...AND SOMETIMES SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. WHILE GULF MOISTURE WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA...THE FAR WESTERN PART OF THE STATE WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF A DEVELOPING DRYLINE. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY...IF THE DRYLINE SETS UP INSIDE THE WESTERN ROWS OF OKLAHOMA COUNTIES...AS CURRENTLY FORECAST. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.
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