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...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY...
.A VERY DRY AIR MASS COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND
WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TODAY. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL
OCCUR WEST OF A WARSAW TO LEBANON TO CASSVILLE LINE WHERE A RED
FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.
SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH
WILL BE COMMON THROUGH MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS
MOST OF THE REGION WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY FALLING INTO THE
TEENS.
MOISTURE LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT
STORM SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE REGION FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS
FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN
MISSOURI...
* AFFECTED AREA...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
MISSOURI WEST OF A WARSAW TO LEBANON TO CASSVILLE LINE.
* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH.
* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO NEAR 60 DEGREES.
* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES.