Fire Weather Watch for Copeland, Kansas
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1118 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024
...Critical Fire Weather Conditions in Far Southwest Kansas
Saturday...
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1118 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 /1018 AM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024/
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
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.
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.