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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
107 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI...

.A WEAK COLD FRONT SWEPT ACROSS KANSAS AND MISSOURI THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT A PARTICULARLY DRY AND WINDY AIR MASS HAS BEGUN TO SETTLE INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY RANGE AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. ADDITIONALLY...HUMIDITY VALUES COULD DIP AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT AS AFTERNOON MIXING OCCURS WITHIN THE DRY BOUNDARY LAYER. THIS COMBINATION OF CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE GREATLY A ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY FIRE TO SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY.