FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
846 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-260200-
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
846 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER ALERT
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ARKANSAS...
BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN AND
SEBASTIAN.

IN OKLAHOMA...
PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...
OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...
PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER AND LE FLORE.



SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN THE 30 TO
40 MPH RANGE...AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 35 AND 45 PERCENT
WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD THIS
AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DURING THE EVENING AS WINDS
SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT NEAR AND AFTER SUNSET.

IN ADDITION...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS SET TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A NORTHERLY DIRECTION
BEHIND THE FRONT...CREATING HAZARDOUS FIRE FIGHTING CONDITIONS FOR
ANY FIRES THAT ARE ABLE TO IGNITE TODAY AND THAT REMAIN UNCONTROLLED
WHEN THE FRONT PASSES. LOCATIONS NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER WOULD BE
MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS FIRE FIGHTING HAZARD.

A GOVERNORS BURN BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHOCTAW AND PUSHMATAHA
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

A FIRE WEATHER ALERT IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED BUT ARE BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. A FIRE WEATHER ALERT MAY ALSO
BE ISSUED TO RELAY STATE OR COUNTY FIRE INFORMATION...SUCH AS BURNING BANS.

Modes didn’t pick up on the storms NW of Tulsa.

If you’re going to OktoberFest, keep an eye on the weather




Current Radar:

Most of the rain looks to stay south of Tulsa but it could be close.


Severe Weather Threat Area:




Area most likely to see severe weather is under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch

VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER ALERT
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ARKANSAS...
BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN AND
SEBASTIAN.

IN OKLAHOMA...
PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...
OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...
PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER AND LE FLORE.



NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH COMBINED
WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT...WILL CREATE
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DURING THE EVENING AS WINDS DECREASE
QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET.

A FIRE WEATHER ALERT IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED BUT ARE BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. A FIRE WEATHER ALERT MAY ALSO
BE ISSUED TO RELAY STATE OR COUNTY FIRE INFORMATION...SUCH AS BURNING BANS.



FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
   WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...
   PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER
   AND HASKELL.

   IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON...
   SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. 



* THIS REPLACES THE WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* DIMINISHING WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
   FALL BELOW FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS BY EARLY THURSDAY
   MORNING. SOME OF THE LOWEST LYING AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
   AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MAY SEE TEMPERATURES FALL AS LOW AS THE
   MID 20S. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW FREEZING AGAIN BY
   EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND THE VALLEYS
   OF FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

IMPACTS...
* THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL PLANTS AND OTHER TENDER VEGETATION
   THAT ARE LEFT OUTDOORS OR UNPROTECTED.

DEFINITION...
* A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IF YOU HAVE PLANTS...SMALL TREES OR OTHER TENDER VEGETATION
   WHICH COULD BE HARMED BY A FREEZE...TAKE THE TIME NOW TO PROTECT
   THEM. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR
   BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. ALSO BE SURE TO BRING YOUR
   SMALL PETS INDOORS. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD HAVE A WARM...DRY SHELTER
   WITH SUFFICIENT FOOD AND FRESH WATER.

FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
   WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...
   PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER
   AND HASKELL.

   IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON...
   SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.



HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
   FALL INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S BY THURSDAY MORNING.

IMPACTS...
* THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL PLANTS AND OTHER TENDER VEGETATION
   THAT ARE LEFT OUTDOORS OR UNPROTECTED.

DEFINITION...
* A FREEZE WATCH MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT SMALL PLANTS AND TENDER
   VEGETATION.

* 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.

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VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER ALERT
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ARKANSAS...
BENTON...WASHINGTON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN AND SEBASTIAN.

IN OKLAHOMA...
PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...
OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...
PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER AND LE FLORE.



NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...GUSTING TO 30 MPH...WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT PUSHED
THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. BY THIS AFTERNOON DRY AIR WILL SPREAD
OVER MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...RESULTING
IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL ALLOW FINE FUELS TO DRY QUICKLY TODAY IN SPITE OF THE RECENT
RAINFALL...AND CAUSE CONDITIONS THAT FAVOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD.

A STATE DECLARED BURN BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHOCTAW AND
PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...WHILE COUNTY DECLARED BURN
BANS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PITTSBURG AND CREEK COUNTIES IN EASTERN
OKLAHOMA.

A FIRE WEATHER ALERT IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED BUT ARE BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. A FIRE WEATHER ALERT MAY ALSO
BE ISSUED TO RELAY STATE OR COUNTY FIRE INFORMATION...SUCH AS BURNING BANS.

There is a slight risk of a few severe storms across most of NE Oklahoma, mainly from 6:00PM through midnight. Hail to the size of golfballs and wind gusts to 65MPH are the primary threats.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER ALERT
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN OKLAHOMA...
PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...
OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...
PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER AND LE FLORE.



NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 10 TO 20 MILE AN HOUR TODAY...WITH
GUSTS TO 25 MILES AN HOUR OR BETTER AT SOME LOCATIONS. THOSE
WINDS WILL TRANSPORT DRY AIR INTO THE REGION...AND PRODUCE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE
CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD.

A FIRE WEATHER ALERT IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED BUT ARE BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. A FIRE WEATHER ALERT MAY ALSO
BE ISSUED TO RELAY STATE OR COUNTY FIRE INFORMATION...SUCH AS BURNING BANS.

FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
417 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011






THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER ALERT
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN OKLAHOMA...
PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...
OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...
PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER AND LE FLORE.

STRONG SOUTH WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND FAIRLY LOW AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL YIELD AN ELEVATED FIRE SPREAD POTENTIAL
ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY
75 THIS AFTERNOON.

BURN BANS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
FOR OSAGE COUNTY.

A FIRE WEATHER ALERT IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED BUT ARE BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. A FIRE WEATHER ALERT MAY ALSO
BE ISSUED TO RELAY STATE OR COUNTY FIRE INFORMATION...SUCH AS BURNING BANS.