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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
435 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2006
...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON FOR WARM
TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY...
...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN.. CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY MORNING
AND AFTERNOON FOR WARM TEMPERATURES..LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG
WINDS...
.UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP OVER OKLAHOMA AND
NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. THESE WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION FROM THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND LOW
HUMIDITY TO CREATE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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435 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2006
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THAT PART OF OKLAHOMA ALONG AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM ALVA TO WEATHERFORD TO ALTUS... AND KNOX.. FOARD..
HARDEMAN.. WILBARGER AND BAYLOR COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. TEMPERATURES
WILL RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND INTO
THE MID TO UPPER 80S ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT ACROSS
THE WARNING AREA WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. THE COMBINATION
OF WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
FIRE GROWTH.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA FROM LATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL
AGAIN CLIMB INTO THE 80S ON WEDNESDAY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY
BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. IN ADDITION... STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH
TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL INCREASE
THE CHANCE OF RAPID FIRE SPREAD. IN ADDITION... A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SHIFTING
WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST.