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Red Flag Warning

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Johnson County/Casper BLM

Starts Oct 23, 12:00 PM MDT

Ends Oct 23, 8:00 PM MDT

Issued Oct 22, 10:45 PM MDT

Severity Severe

Urgency Expected

Certainty Likely

Details

* IMPACTS: Low Humidities...Unseasonably Warm Temperatures... Strong Gusty Winds...and Wind Shift with a Cold Front could cause erratic fire behavior.

* AFFECTED AREA: In North Central WY...Fire Weather Zone 281.

* COUNTIES AFFECTED: In North Central WY...Johnson.

* COLD FRONT: Moves in after 6 PM MDT Friday, with northwesterly 20 to 30 mph winds and gusts up to 40 mph.

* WIND: Southwest 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* HUMIDITY: As low as 20 percent.

* TEMPERATURES: Highs in the upper 60s.

Instructions

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 can contribute to extreme fire behavior.

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