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RED FLAG WARNING...RETRANSMITTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
326 PM CST MON JAN 2 2006
.ONE DRY AND WINDY STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION
THIS EVENING WHILE THE NEXT STORM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. HUMIDITY
WILL REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH AND WINDS LIGHT ENOUGH THIS AFTERNOON TO
ALLOW THE RED FLAG WARNING TO BE CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO MUCH OF
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS ON TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING THROUGH
NORTHERN KANSAS WILL TURN WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST...BECOMING GUSTY BY
LATE MORNING. VERY DRY...VERY WARM AIR WILL ONCE AGAIN SPREAD OVER
THE REGION.
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ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-HARMON-
GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-
326 PM CST MON JAN 2 2006
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CST TUESDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LIGHT WINDS AND COOL TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT MAY HELP CREWS CONTAIN
ONGOING FIRES. HOWEVER...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TUESDAY
AS ANOTHER WARM...DRY...AND WINDY STORM SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE
WEST. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS THEY WERE
SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL STILL REACH THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S
WITH HUMIDITY DROPPING BELOW 20 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. NIGHTFALL
WILL HELP EASE THE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY...BUT WINDS WILL TURN
NORTHWEST AND REMAIN GUSTY BEHIND A COLD FRONT.
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
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
IF A WILDFIRE ESCAPES AN INITIAL ATTACK... RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED
TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY FOR A SAFE ZONE. IN TEXAS... MAYORS AND OR
COUNTY JUDGES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DEMAND MANDATORY EVACUATION.
PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION IN THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.