URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
334 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2012
...EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS...AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
.THE COMBINATION OF VERY DRY CONDITIONS FROM THE ONGOING DROUGHT...HOT TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20 PERCENT RANGE AND INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 25 MPH WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE RISK OF WILDFIRES BURNING OUT OF CONTROL.
IMPACTS...ANY FIRES...PARTICULARLY OVER GRASSY AREAS...WILL HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF SPREADING RAPIDLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
Address/Location
Smithville Missouri Police Department
107 West Main Street
Smithville, MO 64089
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 816-532-0500