Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Norman, OK

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
313 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2011

...DRY...WINDY AND WARM WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...

MODERATE SOUTHWEST WINDS... COMBINED WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES... DRY AIR AND DORMANT VEGETATION ARE CREATING RED
FLAG CONDITIONS OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.

OKZ004>006-009>011-014>017-021-020200-
/O.CON.KOUN.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110302T0200Z/
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-
CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-
313 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING
FOR VERY WARM AND DRY WEATHER ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...

* HUMIDITY... 8 TO 15 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURE... MID AND UPPER 70S FALLING INTO THE 60S BY 8 PM.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY 
  AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FIRES MAY START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING...
AND OTHER ACTIVITY THAT COULD START A WILDFIRE... IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

&&

$$

CMS

952 
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RFWOUN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
645 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2011


OKZ004>006-009>011-014>017-021-020145-
/O.CAN.KOUN.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110302T0200Z/
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-
CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-
645 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED EARLY THIS EVENING AND ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.
IN ADDITION TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO COOL WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY SLOWLY RISING. AS A RESULT THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. 

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1129 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011

.AVIATION...
MOST TAF SITES WILL SEE VERY LITTLE CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
HOWEVER... A COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE A WIND SHIFT AT KGAG... KWWR...
AND KPNC OVERNIGHT. SINCE WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL REMAIN
OUT OF THE SW... THE NE SURFACE WINDS AT KWWR AND KGAG WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT LLWS FOR A FEW HOURS EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1102 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011/

UPDATE...
TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING FASTER THAN TREND DEPICTED IN HOURLY
GRIDS AS STEEP LOW LEVEL INVERSION MIXES OUT THIS MORNING. RATE OF
WARMING SHOULD SLOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON BUT WILL STILL BUMP TODAY'S HIGHS
UP A FEW DEGREES OVER MAINLY NW OK. ALSO RAISED WIND SPEEDS A BIT
MORE IN THAT AREA. MEANWHILE... HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT
EAST ACROSS KS AND NORTHERN OK THIS AFTERNOON. COULD SEE LOW END
RED FLAG CONDITIONS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF WEST-
CENTRAL AND NW OK. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO REACH AROUND
20 MPH IN A FEW PLACES... ALTHOUGH DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE THEM
INCREASING MUCH MORE THAN CURRENT VALUES. WITH WINDS FORECAST TO
BE ONLY AROUND NEAR 20 KTS NEAR 700MB THIS AFTERNOON... THE
CONTRIBUTION FOR HIGHER SPEEDS FROM DEEP MIXING APPEARS TO BE
SMALL... BUT WILL MONITOR INTO THE AFTERNOON.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  72  40  71  43 /   0   0   0   0
HOBART OK         72  38  70  42 /   0   0   0   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  75  41  75  44 /   0   0   0   0
GAGE OK           75  31  65  40 /   0   0   0  10
PONCA CITY OK     73  35  61  43 /   0   0   0   0
DURANT OK         70  41  71  42 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

32/23/23

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1155 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-021100-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1155 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION...
DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REGION... PREVENTING
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST WEDNESDAY MAR 2.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...0 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
WARM... DRY... AND BREEZY WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED WILDFIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOWER AND WINDS A LITTLE STRONGER ACROSS
WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA... AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. OUTDOOR BURNING... OR OTHER ACTIVITY THAT COULD
START WILDFIRES... IS DISCOURAGED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WHEN A
STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVE OVER THE REGION.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
THE WARM... DRY... AND BREEZY WEATHER WILL KEEP THE WILDFIRE DANGERS
HIGH OVER MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. COOLER WEATHER
IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE FRIDAY AND LAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
WEDNESDAY.