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RFWOUN
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
108 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2009
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND A SMALL PART OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...
VERY WARM
DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON... RESULTING IN RED
FLAG CONDITIONS.
OKZ009-010-014>016-021-022-033>036-TXZ083-280000-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FW.W.0029.091127T1908Z-091128T0000Z/
ELLIS-WOODWARD-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BECKHAM-WASHITA-HARMON-
GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-HARDEMAN-
108 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2009
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY
DRY AIRMASS TO CREATE HUMIDITIES IN THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE.
THESE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL
RESULT IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR THE START AND RAPID SPREAD
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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