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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1118 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009

...ELEVATED WILDFIRE POTENTIAL IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA TODAY...

.SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING. THE BREEZY
WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITIES... DRY VEGETATION... AND
VERY HOT TEMPERATURES TO ELEVATE THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL. 

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HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-
CUSTER-BLAINE-
1118 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES NEAR 110 DEGREES FARENHEIT... RELATIVE HUMIDITY 
10 TO 15 PERCENT... AND SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WIND OF 20 TO 25 MPH ARE 
AFFECTING NORTHWEST AND PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. SUCH 
CONDITIONS WILL ELEVATE THE RISK 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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