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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
235 AM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024

...Critical Fire Weather Conditions in Far Southwest Kansas
Saturday...

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Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Morton-Stevens-
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235 AM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024 /135 AM MDT Sat Apr 27 2024/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Red Flag
Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect
from 1 PM CDT /noon MDT/ this afternoon to 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/
this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton, Fire Weather
  Zone 062 Kearny, Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney, Fire Weather
  Zone 074 Stanton, Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant, Fire Weather
  Zone 076 Haskell, Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray, Fire Weather
  Zone 084 Morton, Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens, Fire Weather
  Zone 086 Seward and Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade.

* WINDS...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 12 percent.

* IMPACTS...Any ignitions will have the potential to burn out of
  control quickly given intense south to southwest winds and
  continued dry fuels.

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 can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

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