RED FLAG WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 108 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2009
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY
DRY AIRMASS TO CREATE HUMIDITIES IN THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE.
THESE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL
RESULT IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR THE START AND RAPID SPREAD
OF WILDFIRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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