Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1106 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY ACROSS PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS DUE TO INCREASED WINDS AND VERY LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES... KAY-GARFIELD-NOBLE-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM- WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN- COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON- CARTER-JOHNSTON-LOVE-MARSHALL-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA- KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- 1106 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY 10 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS 105 TO 114 SATURDAY. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF VERY DRY VEGETATION...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS. OUTDOOR BURNING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONITOR FUTURE WEATHER FORECASTS AND INFORMATION. FIRES MAY START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.