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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
705 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2026
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ESCALATE TO CRITICAL
SUNDAY, WITH A SIGNIFICANT WIND SHIFT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH
THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY WITH WINDS INCREASING AND BECOMING
NORTHERLY.
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NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-
BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-
CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-LOVE-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-
CLAY-
705 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR HOT, DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH
TEXAS AND MUCH OF WESTERN, CENTRAL, NORTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH
BECOMING NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TO
NEAR 100 IN WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
* SEVERITY...
FUELS (ERC)...90TH+ PERCENTILE...5 (OUT OF 5).
WEATHER...CRITICAL...3 (OUT OF 5).
FIRE ENVIRONMENT...8 (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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