- Fire Weather Watch for Wichita County, Texas
- Fire Weather Watch issued April 15 at 9:34PM CDT until April 16 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS
- Effective: Monday, April 16, 2018 at noon
- Expires: Monday, April 16, 2018 at 9 p.m.
...Critical to extreme fire weather conditions return to parts of
the area Monday and Tuesday...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR portions of western oklahoma and
western north texas...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT
TUESDAY FOR portions of western oklahoma and western north
texas...
* TIMING...Noon through 9 PM Monday and 11 AM through 9 PM
Tuesday.
* WINDS...Southeast to south wind 15 to 25 mph with gust up to 35
mph on Monday. South to southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to
45 mph Tuesday.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 to 20 percent Monday. 5 to 10 percent on
Tuesday.
* TEMPERATURES...In the 70s Monday. 90s on Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...If fires start, they will spread rapidly and will be
difficult to contain.