Fire Weather Watch

OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- CREEK-WAGONER- 440 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...WAGONER...OTTAWA...ROGERS...PAWNEE... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...CREEK...TULSA AND MAYES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ON SATURDAY ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON. * STRONG WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH DEVELOPING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * THE PURPOSE OF FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE TO ALERT LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OF DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT...WHEN COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY WILDLAND FUELS...COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. TIMELY AND ACCURATE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ENABLE FIRE FIGHTING AGENCIES TO MANAGE RESOURCES AND PREPARE APPROPRIATE SUPPRESSION RESPONSES FOR PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. * 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.