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County,
Fire Weather Watch issued May 13 at 2:30PM CDT until May 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS
Effective: 2:30 p.m. on Monday, May 13, 2013
Expires: 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY...
.GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK.
* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
35 MPH.
* TIMING...PEAK CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FROM
NOON CDT UNTIL 8 PM CDT.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL AS LOW AS 13
PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 90S.
* IMPACTS...FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL WILL BE VERY HIGH AND ANY
OUTDOOR FLAMES COULD QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL.

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