Interactive NWS Alert Information

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
255 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY ACROSS PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS DUE TO INCREASED WINDS AND VERY LOW AFTERNOON
HUMIDITIES...

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WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-LOVE-MARSHALL-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-
KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
255 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS....
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM CDT SATURDAY
FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 
WINDS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS....

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM CDT SATURDAY.
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY 10 TO 20 PERCENT BOTH
  TODAY AND SATURDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...HIGHS 105 TO 114 BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY.

* WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY 
  DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF VERY DRY VEGETATION...VERY LOW 
  HUMIDITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS. OUTDOOR BURNING AND OTHER 
  ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR FUTURE WEATHER FORECASTS AND INFORMATION.

FIRES MAY START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE
TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

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