893 FNUS64 KTSA 052100 RFDTSA FIRE DANGER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-060300- BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER-LE FLORE- 300 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER ALERT WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN AND SEBASTIAN. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG... OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER AND LE FLORE. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING FROM 25 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS MAY BRIEFLY MEET FLAG WARNING CRITERIA IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING WITH HUMIDITY RECOVERING SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. A FIRE WEATHER ALERT IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BUT ARE BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. A FIRE WEATHER ALERT MAY ALSO BE ISSUED TO RELAY STATE OR COUNTY FIRE INFORMATION...SUCH AS BURNING BANS. $$