Red Flag Warning...Fire Weather Watch

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
206 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH MONDAY

.CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND
AGAIN ON MONDAY AHEAD OF A LEE ROCKIES SURFACE TROUGH.
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206 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2008
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT FOR THE REST
OF THE AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 DEGREES AND
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
210 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2008
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LINCOLN OK-LOGAN OK-KINGFISHER OK-GARFIELD OK-NOBLE OK-KAY OK-
GRANT OK-CANADIAN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-CADDO OK-POTTAWATOMIE OK-PAYNE OK-
CLEVELAND OK-GRADY OK-MCCLAIN OK-COTTON OK-JEFFERSON OK-MURRAY OK-
COMANCHE OK-GARVIN OK-CARTER OK-STEPHENS OK-WICHITA TX-CLAY TX-
ARCHER TX-
210 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CENTRAL PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...FROM NEAR MEDFORD AND
PONCA CITY...DOWN THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO...THROUGH ARDMORE
AND DUNCAN...TO WICHITA FALLS...HENRIETTA...AND ARCHER CITY TEXAS.

A POCKET OF DRY AIR...EXTENDING OVER THE MENTIONED AREAS...HAS
COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS TO
PRODUCE CRITICAL WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. ANY WILDFIRES THAT OCCUR THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN BY FIRE-FIGHTING PERSONNEL. A
LARGE FIRE HAS OCCURRED OVER SOUTH OKLAHOMA CITY...NEAR 89TH AND
SOONER ROAD...AND ANOTHER NEAR CORUM AND DUNCAN IN SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA.

ANY OUTSIDE BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO
THE WARM...DRY...AND WINDY CONDITIONS.