Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service
Areas Affected: Hamilton; Kearny; Finney; Stanton; Grant; Haskell; Gray; Morton; Stevens; Seward; Meade
Urgency: Future
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Alert Sent: Friday 11:18am CDT
Alert Effective: Friday 11:18am CDT
Alert Expires: Saturday 5:00am CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Saturday 1:00pm CDT
Event Ends: Saturday 7:00pm CDT
Issued by: NWS Dodge City KS
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...Critical Fire Weather Conditions in Far Southwest Kansas Saturday... The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Fire Weather Watch for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 1 PM CDT Saturday afternoon through 7 PM CDT Saturday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 061 Hamilton, Fire Weather Zone 062 Kearny, Fire Weather Zone 063 Finney, Fire Weather Zone 074 Stanton, Fire Weather Zone 075 Grant, Fire Weather Zone 076 Haskell, Fire Weather Zone 077 Gray, Fire Weather Zone 084 Morton, Fire Weather Zone 085 Stevens, Fire Weather Zone 086 Seward and Fire Weather Zone 087 Meade. * WINDS...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 12 percent. * IMPACTS...Any ignitions will have the potential to burn out of control quickly given intense south to southwest winds and continued dry fuels.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c09b2a82c4d16b3e8dd38c13ef55b27d4abd2ec1.001.1 Codes: KSZ061, KSZ062, KSZ063, KSZ074, KSZ075, KSZ076, KSZ077, KSZ084, KSZ085, KSZ086, KSZ087 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c09b2a82c4d16b3e8dd38c13ef55b27d4abd2ec1.001.1