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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1228 PM CDT THU APR 23 2009

...HOT...DRY...AND INCREASING WINDS IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...

.LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL
DRIFT NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS LOCATED
OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA ...CAUSING
TEMPERATURES TO WARM...AND HUMIDITY TO FALL...RAPIDLY. THE
HOT...DRY...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNTIL MID EVENING.

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HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-HARDEMAN-FOARD-
WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1228 PM CDT THU APR 23 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH... WILL
PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY...ALTHOUGH WIND DIRECTION WILL TURN TO
THE SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH HIGHS IN
THE LOW TO MID 90S BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
HOVER BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT FOR THE DURATION OF THE RED FLAG
WARNING.

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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