Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Norman, OK

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WWUS84 KOUN 151757
RFWOUN

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1157 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS...

OKZ033>039-044>046-050-TXZ083-151900-
/O.CAN.KOUN.FW.W.0019.121215T1800Z-121215T2300Z/
HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-LOVE-HARDEMAN-
1157 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND HARDEMAN COUNTY TEXAS...

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

ALTHOUGH FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND HARDEMAN COUNTY TEXAS... CURRENT DATA INDICATES THAT THE
HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN ABOVE 20 PERCENT AND SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON... THEREFORE THE
RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RESIDENTS ARE STILL URGED TO
USE CAUTION TO PREVENT THE START AND SPREAD OF WILDFIRES.

$$

TXZ084>090-152300-
/O.CON.KOUN.FW.W.0019.121215T1800Z-121215T2300Z/
FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1157 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR WARM...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...

* WIND...15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS OVER 25 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURE...65 TO 70 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR 
  BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR FUTURE WEATHER FORECASTS AND INFORMATION.

FIRES MAY START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE
TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
300 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012

.DISCUSSION...
IN THE WAKE OF THE RAPIDLY-EXITING UPPER WAVE, WEST WINDS WILL BE
GUSTY MUCH OF THE DAY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND
ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. LOW HUMIDITY AND A VERY WARM
AIRMASS HAS LED TO A RED FLAG WARNING IN PART OF THIS AREA.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMALS
IN THE AFTERNOONS UNTIL THURSDAY. A FRONT EARLY EARLY THURSDAY
WILL BRING A TYPICAL MID-DECEMBER AIRMASS WITH NORMAL DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND LOWER 50S. THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR
RAIN OUTSIDE OF A BRIEF PERIOD WITH THE FRONT IN SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  66  39  61  33 /   0  10  10  10
HOBART OK         64  36  59  30 /   0   0   0   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  73  43  69  36 /   0  10  10  10
GAGE OK           63  30  53  24 /   0   0  10   0
PONCA CITY OK     67  34  58  32 /   0  10  10  10
DURANT OK         71  48  68  40 /   0  10  10  10

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     OKZ033>039-044>046-050.

TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     TXZ083>090.

&&

06/09

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1105 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-151300-
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-
1105 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

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

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
THE CENTER OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS KANSAS
OVERNIGHT...LEAVING CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS IN A RELATIVELY DRY AIR MASS. THIS WILL GREATLY LIMIT
INSTABILITY...AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE UNLIKELY TO DEVELOP.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 PM CST SATURDAY DEC 15.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...10 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...10 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY THOUGH THURSDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK OF WILDFIRES ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 AM
ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 15.

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