AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD.

Counties shaded in pink are under a Red Flag Warning Monday

ISSUED 256 PM CDT SUN OCT 18 2015 …

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS.

• TIMING…LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING.
• WIND…SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH.
• RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 27 PERCENT.
• FUEL…DRY GRASSES AND CROPS INCLUDING CORN STUBBLE
• IMPACTS…THE COMBINATION OF DRY GRASSES AND CROPS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR ANY FIELD FIRES TO EXHIBIT RAPID EXPANSION. SEVERAL BURN BANS ARE IN EFFECT AS WELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE STATE. ANY PLANS TO FOR BURNING SHOULD BE PUT ON HELD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.