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WWUS84 KTSA 202014
RFWTSA

FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
314 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN A RETREATING
SURFACE HIGH AND LEE SIDE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TO OUR WEST. THE
RESULTING GUSTY WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL YIELD CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR RAPID GROWTH AND
SPREAD OF WILDFIRES SHOULD ONE GET STARTED.

OKZ054>057-059>062-064-065-210100-
/O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140321T0100Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-
OKFUSKEE-
314 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA... 
   CREEK...OKFUSKEE...TULSA...ROGERS AND MAYES. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
   COMBINE WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO YIELD
   A CRITICAL FIRE DANGER MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF I-44 THIS AFTERNOON.

 * LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES 15 TO 20 PERCENT

 * STRONG WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

IMPACTS...
 * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER 
   LIVES AND PROPERTY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT 
   COULD START FIRES. 

 * ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
   WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.

&&

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