The day after Tulsa County Commissioners allowed the Burn Ban to expire, the National Weather Service in Tulsa issues a RED FLAG FIRE WARNING for this afternoon and evening. Below, you will find the text as transmitted by the NWS:
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA AND ROGERS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 80S THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 PERCENT.
* SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...
ESPECIALLY WITH COLD FRONT PASSAGE.
IMPACTS...
* ANY FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER
LIVES AND PROPERTY. GRASS FIRE SPREAD RATES COLD EXCEED 300 FEET
PER MINUTE...OVER 3 MILES AN HOUR...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING.
DEFINITION...
* A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED...FAVORING
RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDFIRES.
THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONG WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID...ALL...ACTIVITIES THAT
COULD START FIRES.
