Red Flag Fire Warning

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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1102 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

..RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERNNORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAGWARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THISAFTERNOON.

THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE 70 DEGREES...WHILE HUMIDITY FALLS TO BETWEEN 12 AND 20 PERCENT. SOUTHWESTWINDS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESECONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH DORMANT VEGETATION...CAN CAUSE SMALLFIRES TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. IN ADDITION...A SUDDEN WIND SHIFT WILLACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT LATE IN THE DAY...HAMPERING ANY ONGOINGFIRE FIGHTING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONSARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OFSTRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILLCREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

Steve