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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Fire weather watch


URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
148 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2012

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
ARKANSAS FOR MONDAY...

.THE COMBINATION OF EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITY AND
POSSIBLE ELEVATED WINDS EXPECTED ON MONDAY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-301015-
/O.CON.KLZK.FW.A.0004.120730T1200Z-120731T0000Z/
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
148 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND EXTREME GRASSLAND
FIRE DANGER FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS...

* AFFECTED AREA...BOONE...MARION...BAXTER...FULTON...SHARP...
  NEWTON...SEARCY...STONE...IZARD...INDEPENDENCE...JOHNSON...
  POPE...VAN BUREN...CLEBURNE...JACKSON...LOGAN...CONWAY...
  FAULKNER...WHITE...WOODRUFF...SCOTT...YELL...PERRY...POLK...
  MONTGOMERY...GARLAND...SALINE...PULASKI...LONOKE...PRAIRIE...
  MONROE...PIKE...CLARK...HOT SPRING...GRANT...JEFFERSON...
  ARKANSAS...DALLAS...CLEVELAND...LINCOLN...DESHA...OUACHITA...
  CALHOUN...BRADLEY...DREW.

* WIND...20-FOOT WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH
  GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20 MPH POSSIBLE.

* HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 10 TO 25 PERCENT
  RANGE IN MUCH OF THE AREA ON MONDAY.

* TIMING...THE LOWEST HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON TO
  EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE DUE TO THE
  ONGOING DROUGHT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY
  AND QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT
  RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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