Red flag warning in effect for Joplin area until 6 p.m.

(From the National Weather Service)

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS FOR ALL OF EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM THIS EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...WARMING INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOW 40S BY MIDDAY.
AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 40S.

* LIGHTNING...NONE.

* IMPACTS...ANY OUTDOOR BURNING WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT TO
CONTAIN AND CONTROL THAN USUAL. NATURAL COVER FIRES WILL
SPREAD QUICKLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.