000 WWUS84 KOUN 282056 RFWOUN RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 256 PM CST THU FEB 28 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... OKZ024-025-027>029-039>041-045-046-050-290100- /O.EXB.KOUN.FW.W.0014.080228T2100Z-080229T0100Z/ CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY- JEFFERSON-CARTER-LOVE- 256 PM CST THU FEB 28 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH... ESPECIALLY IN UNSHELTERED AREAS. AT THE SAME TIME... VERY DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE RED FLAG AREAS WILL DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW 20 PERCENT... WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE UPPER 60S AD LOW 70S. THESE CONDITIONS... COMBINED WITH DORMANT VEGETATION... WILL LEAD TO HIGHLY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. 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. $$ OKZ014-016-021>023-033>038-044-TXZ083>090-290100- /O.EXT.KOUN.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080229T0100Z/ ROGER MILLS-CUSTER-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA- JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA- KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- 256 PM CST THU FEB 28 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 25 MPH OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR... ESPECIALLY IN UNSHELTERED AREAS. AT THE SAME TIME... VERY DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE RED FLAG AREAS WILL DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW 20 PERCENT... WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 70S. THESE CONDITIONS... COMBINED WITH DORMANT VEGETATION... WILL LEAD TO HIGHLY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. WINDS WILL LESSEN TEMPORARILY LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA... AND TURN GRADUALLY TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST... AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. BEHIND THE FRONT... WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE AGAIN TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO NEAR ENID... HINTON... HOBART... AND ALTUS BY EARLY EVENING. DESPITE THE TEMPORARY DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS NEAR THE FRONT... THE SHIFTING WINDS NEAR AND BEHIND IT WILL CREATE CONDITIONS IN WHICH ANY FIRES THAT IGNITE MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$