RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN KANSAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 073 BOURBON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 097 CRAWFORD AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 BENTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 MORGAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 066 VERNON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 067 ST. CLAIR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 068 HICKORY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 069 CAMDEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 BARTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 CEDAR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 079 POLK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 080 DALLAS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 081 LACLEDE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 JASPER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 089 DADE... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 090 GREENE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 WEBSTER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 092 WRIGHT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 093 NEWTON... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 094 LAWRENCE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 095 CHRISTIAN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 MCDONALD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 BARRY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 STONE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 60S TO UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY OUTDOOR BURNING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN AND CONTROL. GRASS FIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY WITH THESE CONDITIONS.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:05:20 +0000
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