083  
WWUS84 KOUN 241724  
RFWOUN  
 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK  
1224 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026  
 
OKZ004>031-033>040-044-TXZ083>088-251000-  
/O.NEW.KOUN.FW.A.0012.260326T1400Z-260327T0300Z/  
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-  
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-  
BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-  
CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-  
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-COTTON-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-  
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-  
1224 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH  
THURSDAY EVENING FOR BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR  
MOST OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER  
WATCH FOR BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN  
EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT.  
 
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.  
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.  
 
* SEVERITY...  
 
FUELS (ERC)...90TH+ PERCENTILE...5 (OUT OF 5).  
 
WEATHER...NEAR CRITICAL...2 (OUT OF 5).  
 
FIRE ENVIRONMENT...7 (OUT OF 10).  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE  
RED FLAG WARNINGS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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