Texas Plagued With Wildfires, Red Flag Warning

One of the worst days on record for wildfires in Texas, story below....RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA: IN OKLAHOMA...CIMARRON...TEXAS...BEAVER. IN
TEXAS...DALLAM...SHERMAN...HANSFORD...OCHILTREE...LIPSCOMB...
HARTLEY...MOORE...HUTCHINSON...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...OLDHAM...
POTTER...CARSON...GRAY...WHEELER...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL...
ARMSTRONG...DONLEY...COLLINGSWORTH.

* WIND: WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
55 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS AREA. THE FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS
EVENING...TURNING WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST AND HELPING SPEEDS TO
GRADUALLY DIMINISH.

* HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE 5 TO 15
PERCENT RANGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

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 DRY GRASSES WILL
CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD.

AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. WITH
EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN PLACE...ACCIDENTAL
SPARKS OR OPEN FLAMES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY DEVELOP
INTO WILDFIRES.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/11/us-wildfires-texas-idUSTRE7383DF20110411.