Red Flag Warning for the western N. TX/S. OK border
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:46 pm
FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1135 AM CST THU NOV 20 2003
...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF
CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...
WARM... DRY... AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN
EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
GENERALLY NORTH OF I-40. VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST SOUTH OF
I-40. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 20 MPH... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 70S... WITH LOWER 80S IN
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL BE GENERALLY BELOW 30 PERCENT. A HARD FREEZE HAS
OCCURRED IN THE AREA NORTH OF I-40... RESULTING IN MAINLY DORMANT
VEGETATION... AND THE HIGHER FIRE DANGER. VEGETATION IS IN THE
TRANSITION STAGE ELSEWHERE... SLIGHTLY REDUCING THE ABILITY OF FIRES
TO SPREAD.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1135 AM CST THU NOV 20 2003
...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF
CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...
WARM... DRY... AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN
EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
GENERALLY NORTH OF I-40. VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST SOUTH OF
I-40. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 20 MPH... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 70S... WITH LOWER 80S IN
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL BE GENERALLY BELOW 30 PERCENT. A HARD FREEZE HAS
OCCURRED IN THE AREA NORTH OF I-40... RESULTING IN MAINLY DORMANT
VEGETATION... AND THE HIGHER FIRE DANGER. VEGETATION IS IN THE
TRANSITION STAGE ELSEWHERE... SLIGHTLY REDUCING THE ABILITY OF FIRES
TO SPREAD.