Arkansas Red Flag Warning!

National Weather Service Zone - ARZ037

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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1005 AM CST THU NOV 3 2005

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1005 AM CST THU NOV 3 2005

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WARNING COVERS FORESTRY ZONES 1...2 AND 4.

SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN BY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 25 PERCENT...WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. SURFACE FUELS ARE EXTREMELY DRY...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND EXPOSED AREAS.

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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

DISPATCHERS PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.