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Red Flag Warning

Alert:	...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES AND MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND POTENTIALLY NEW FIRE STARTS. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE OVERNIGHT...FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF NEW FIRES AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTH CENTRAL WY FIRE ZONE....284. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MT FIRE ZONES...123...124...125...126...127 128...129. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN CENTRAL MT...GOLDEN VALLEY...MUSSELSHELL...WHEATLAND. IN NORTH CENTRAL WY...BIG HORN...JOHNSON...SHERIDAN...WASHAKIE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MT...BIG HORN...CARBON...PARK...STILLWATER SWEET GRASS...YELLOWSTONE. IN SOUTHWEST MT...GALLATIN. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND LITTLE RAINFALL. * HUMIDITY: AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES: 80S IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS. * COLD FRONT: A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT... USHERING IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. * WIND: NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Instructions:	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