- County,
- Red Flag Warning issued February 17 at 11:47AM CST until February 17 at 7:00PM CST by NWS
- Effective: 11:47 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013
- Expires: 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...
.SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS
ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL
LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER RISK DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...
GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO LIBERAL.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 030 TREGO...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TIMING...MID TO LATE AFTERNOON SUNDAY
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S.
* IMPACTS...FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL WILL BE VERY HIGH AND ANY
OUTDOOR FLAMES COULD QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL.- See more at NOAA
