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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1224 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND MUCH OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
OKZ004>006-009>011-014>019-021>025-027>029-033>041-044>046-050-
TXZ083>090-150130-
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/O.NEW.KOUN.FW.W.0011.260315T1700Z-260316T0000Z/
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-
CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-
OKLAHOMA-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-COTTON-JEFFERSON-CARTER-
LOVE-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1224 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR
VERY WINDY CONDITION AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
AND MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 60S TO MID 70S WITH FALLING
TEMPERATURES.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
* SEVERITY...
FUELS (ERC)...70TH-89TH PERCENTILE...4 (OUT OF 5).
WEATHER...CRITICAL...3 (OUT OF 5).
FIRE ENVIRONMENT...7 (OUT OF 10).
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
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
OKZ012-026-030-150130-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FW.W.0011.260315T1700Z-260316T0000Z/
GARFIELD-LINCOLN-POTTAWATOMIE-
1224 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 28 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 66.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
* SEVERITY...
FUELS (ERC)...70TH-89TH PERCENTILE...4 (OUT OF 5).
WEATHER...NEAR CRITICAL...2 (OUT OF 5).
FIRE ENVIRONMENT...6 (OUT OF 10).
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
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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