Red Flag Warning extended, from the National Weather Service, Norman

URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE…UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
655 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

HARPER-WOODS-ELLIS-WOODWARD-ROGER MILLS-BECKHAM-HARMON-GREER-
JACKSON-HARDEMAN-FOARD-KNOX-
655 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

…RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING…

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS
EVENING.

* HUMIDITY…NEAR 10 TO 20 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURE…UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S.

* IMPACTS…ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

* STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND A DRYLINE. MOST WIND GUSTS
  WILL AVERAGE 45 MPH BUT A FEW GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH MAY DEVELOP
  ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FIRES MAY START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE
TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

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