…Increasing Wildfire Danger Monday and Tuesday…
…FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…
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 to 8 PM CDT Monday.
* AFFECTED AREA…Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton, Fire Weather
Zone 075 Grant, Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell, Fire Weather
Zone 077 Gray, Fire Weather Zone 078 Ford, Fire Weather Zone
080 Kiowa, Fire Weather Zone 081 Pratt, Fire Weather Zone 084
Morton, Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens, Fire Weather Zone 086
Seward, Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade, Fire Weather Zone 088
Clark, Fire Weather Zone 089 Comanche and Fire Weather Zone
090 Barber.
* TIMING…For the Red Flag Warning, from 1 PM to 8 PM CDT
Monday. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Tuesday afternoon
through Tuesday evening.
* WINDS…Southwest 20 to 30 mph, gusts to 45 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…As low as 9 percent.
* IMPACTS…Any ignitions may burn out of control quickly. Outdoor
burning is strongly discouraged.
