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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
314 AM CDT SUN MAR 24 2024
...STRENGTHENING WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY, MILD TEMPERATURES AND DRY
VEGETATION WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...
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BOONE MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-GASCONADE MO-
FRANKLIN MO-CRAWFORD MO-DENT MO-
314 AM CDT SUN MAR 24 2024
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SECTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...IN MISSOURI, FIRE WEATHER ZONES 041, 047, 048,
049, 050, 059, 062, 072 AND 083.
* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD
AND GROWTH OF UNCONTROLLED 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 DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE
TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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