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Either that or I need to find a fat woman to hold on to while I walk to my car after work
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1147 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN OKLAHOMA...
OSAGE...WASHINGTON...PAWNEE...TULSA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE AND
OKMULGEE.
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND STRONG...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO
250 MPH......WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS EASTERN
OKLAHOMA. BY MID AFTERNOON...A DRY LINE WILL APPROACH INTERSTATE 35
AND COULD REACH AS FAR EAST ASOSAGE PAWNEE AND CREEK COUNTIES BY
LATE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP SHARPLY WEST OF
THE DRY LINE...LIKELY AS LOW AS15 TO 20 PERCENT. THIS COULD LEAD TO
AT LEAST A FEW HOURS OF EXTREME WILDFIRE POTENTIAL IN OSAGE PAWNEE AND CREEK COUNTIES.
IN ADDITION THE ABRUPT WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND THE DRYLINE
WILL IMPACT ANY ONGOING FIRE FIGHTING EFFORTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE PURPOSE OF FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE TO
ALERT LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OF DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS
THAT...WHEN COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS...COULD
LEAD TO DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. TIMELY AND ACCURATE WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ENABLE FIRE FIGHTING AGENCIES TO MANAGE RESOURCES AND
PREPARE APPROPRIATE SUPPRESSION RESPONSES FOR PROTECTING LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1147 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN OKLAHOMA...
OSAGE...WASHINGTON...PAWNEE...TULSA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE AND
OKMULGEE.
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND STRONG...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO
250 MPH......WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS EASTERN
OKLAHOMA. BY MID AFTERNOON...A DRY LINE WILL APPROACH INTERSTATE 35
AND COULD REACH AS FAR EAST ASOSAGE PAWNEE AND CREEK COUNTIES BY
LATE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP SHARPLY WEST OF
THE DRY LINE...LIKELY AS LOW AS15 TO 20 PERCENT. THIS COULD LEAD TO
AT LEAST A FEW HOURS OF EXTREME WILDFIRE POTENTIAL IN OSAGE PAWNEE AND CREEK COUNTIES.
IN ADDITION THE ABRUPT WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND THE DRYLINE
WILL IMPACT ANY ONGOING FIRE FIGHTING EFFORTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE PURPOSE OF FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE TO
ALERT LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OF DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS
THAT...WHEN COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS...COULD
LEAD TO DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. TIMELY AND ACCURATE WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ENABLE FIRE FIGHTING AGENCIES TO MANAGE RESOURCES AND
PREPARE APPROPRIATE SUPPRESSION RESPONSES FOR PROTECTING LIFE AND
PROPERTY.