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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1143 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2012

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...

.BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE COMBINING TO CREATE
A SITUATION IN WHICH FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE ERRATIC AND DANGEROUS.

ARZ030-037>043-052>055-062-063-066>068-200000-
/O.NEW.KLZK.FW.W.0009.121019T1643Z-121020T0000Z/
BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
LOGAN-MONTGOMERY-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-SALINE-SCOTT-YELL-
1143 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...LOGAN...SCOTT...YELL...PERRY...POLK...
  MONTGOMERY...GARLAND...SALINE...PIKE...CLARK...HOT SPRING...
  GRANT...DALLAS...CLEVELAND...OUACHITA...CALHOUN...BRADLEY. THIS
  INCLUDES AREAS SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER...AND WEST OF THE
  HIGHWAY 167 CORRIDOR. 

* HUMIDITY...VERY DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE MOVING IN FROM THE
  WEST...WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BOTTOMING OUT BELOW 25 PERCENT IN
  MOST AREAS. IN SOME AREAS...PARTICULARLY OVER THE WESTERN
  DISTRICTS..HUMIDITY MAY BOTTOM OUT BELOW 20 PERCENT. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

* WIND...20 FOOT WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH POSSIBLE.

* HUMIDITY...VERY DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE MOVING IN FROM THE
  WEST...WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BOTTOMING OUT AROUND 25 PERCENT
  IN MOST AREAS.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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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