The fire danger is extreme across much of Oklahoma today. The extremely dry conditions couple with the intense drought has turned the state into a tinderbox.Click herefor a link to the National Weather Service and below you will find the text of the Red Flag Warning.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...WASHINGTON...WAGONER...OTTAWA...ROGERS...
PAWNEE...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...
MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...TULSA...OKMULGEE AND MAYES.
* THIS WARNING REPLACES THE RED FLAG WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS.
* LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT.
* SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30
MPH.
IMPACTS...
* ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER
LIVES AND PROPERTY.
DEFINITION...
* A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24
HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES.
THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER
HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD
START FIRES. A BURN BAN IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OKLAHOMA.
* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER
EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.