April 2024
FRIDAY APRIL 12, 2024
0255L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/12/24 *Clear skies, warmer temperatures, and low end wind, as compared to recent days. Enjoy the lower end winds as they will increase over the weekend along with the fire danger. Other than these few things, not too bad. *Focus will be on Monday as we’ll have a storm system arrive with a strong threat for severe weather. Monday is the day to watch as of right now as [...]
THURSDAY APRIL 11, 2024
0400L-THURSDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/11/24 *Elevated to near critical fire weather conditions will exist today due to low humidity and strong NNW winds. A Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast has been issued for the 10 am to 7pm time frame today, for our area and NW Oklahoma. Here is that link- https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=OUN&product=RFD We missed the rain but at least we are greening up a little so that will help some. The ELEVATED Fire Weather [...]
WEDNESDAY APRIL 10, 2024
0255L-WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/10/24 *That CHANCE we discussed yesterday is a little better today but is still hiding out. It doesn’t appear we will see much, if any rainfall but we’ll take whatever can be squeezed out of the atmosphere at this point. Any severe weather looks like it will remain to our south and east. We can only hope for the rainfall so we’ll see what happens. *Overall, we’ll be ok [...]
TUESDAY APRIL 9, 2024
0300- TUESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/09/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive info from us and the NWS in detail. *The word CHANCE is in the vocabulary today as that chance for rain is out there. A very low chance early this morning and a slight chance comes into play later this afternoon into tonight where that changes to a likely chance after 10pm. We’ll have to wait and see if [...]
MONDAY APRIL 8, 2024
0305L-MONDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/08/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive info from us and the NWS in detail. *Let me start with the Solar Eclipse. First of all this won’t be an apocalyptic event. It will start in our area at approximately 12:28pm and last until roughly 3:04pm. A partial solar eclipse will happen. Shadows are sharper, the light IS dimmer but the sky is still bright. Wear eclipse glasses. [...]
SUNDAY APRIL 7, 2024
0335L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/06/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive info from us and the NWS in detail. *Our Task Force deployed to Sharon yesterday and have recently returned. All are safe. *Yesterday the winds were a bit tough and a few fires got out of control out west. Our highest measured wind gust was 47 mph. Those were recorded from the Lahoma Mesonet site and Woodring airport. It should [...]
SATURDAY APRIL 6, 2024
0335L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/06/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive info from us and the NWS in detail. * WORST FEARS answers will begin SUNDAY morning instead of this morning. *We are in a WIND ADVISORY from 7am until 10pm tonight for winds 25-35 gusting to 55mph and next door to a RED FLAG WARNING from noon today until midnight tonight. Lines on the graphics will fluctuate so don’t get [...]
FRIDAY APRIL 5, 2024
0325L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/05/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive info from us and the NWS in detail. *Another nice day but with fairly strong winds. Temps will be warmer but the winds may negate that just a little bit. There will be some dirt and ash in the air as controlled burning over the last few days will help with that. We would prefer that no controlled burning occur [...]
THURSDAY APRIL 4, 2024
0255L-THURSDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/04/24 *Clear skies and light winds are expected today. Winds will be increasing on Friday as another upper level system moves our way that will bring multiple weather hazards over the weekend. This will include severe weather with wind and hail as the main threats and elevated fire weather if the dryline can push across our area. We’ll see what happens. *I will address some of the FEARS that [...]
WEDNESDAY APRIL 3, 2024
0330L-WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/03/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive advisories and warnings “directly” from the NWS, in detail. You’ll also receive information from us in Emergency Management. *As you know, Tuesday was windy. We’ll be windy again today with north winds gusting 35-40 mph late morning into the mid afternoon hours. Winds should lay down, to near calm as they did last night. Clouds will be around this morning [...]
TUESDAY APRIL 2, 2024
0300L-TUESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/02/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive advisories and warnings “directly” from the NWS, in detail. You’ll also receive information from us in Emergency Management. *We missed the storms again except in the SE part of the county. I don’t have rain totals for that area so if you live in that area and have a rain gauge, let us know how much rainfall you received. We [...]
MONDAY APRIL 1, 2024
0400L-MONDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 04/01/24 *Today would be a good time to download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app. You’ll receive advisories and warnings “directly” from the NWS, in detail. You’ll also receive information from us in Emergency Management. *We are in a Slight & Enhanced risk for severe storms today. Where the dryline actually sets up will depend on our level of severe weather, if at all. If storms were to form west [...]
March 2024
SUNDAY MARCH 31, 2024
0325L-SUNDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 03/31/24 *Keeping this short and sweet for EASTER SUNDAY, RED FLAG WARNING in far NW Oklahoma in Harper County. Fire danger here is low. We may get lucky and see the sun for a bit but it appears we’ll be mostly cloudy again today. We will be windy so prepare for that. * The higher threat for severe weather on Monday has shifted to the east per guidance but [...]
SATURDAY MARCH 30, 2024
0310L-SATURDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 03/30/24 *Winds will be light and out of the NE as temps gradually warm up. Dewpoint temps and Humidity will be up so the fire danger will be low, not out of the question but low. We should be partly cloudy so hopefully we’ll see some sunshine. Other than the above, not a bad day. *Here is your forecast from the NWS/NORMAN; Today- Partly sunny. Highs in the lower [...]
FRIDAY MARCH 29, 2024
0330L-FRIDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 03/29/24 *Dry and windy today with some wind gusts upwards of 30-40 mph. Winds will relax some on Saturday but will increase again late Saturday into Sunday. We should see an influx of moisture later on Sunday into Monday as another storm system moves towards us. There is a low chance for severe weather in the area Monday afternoon. We’ll see how that develops. *Overall, we’ll be ok so [...]
THURSDAY MARCH 28, 2024
0305L-THURSDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 03/28/24 *With south winds returning, warmer temps are in the picture and we will continue to gradually warm up. The winds will increase as the day moves forward so we’ll see some gusts upwards of 30 mph from later today into tonight. *With winds and temps increasing, the fire danger will increase some, so if you see smoke or fire, call 911. Controlled burning is not advised if gusts [...]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 27, 2024
0305L-WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 03/27/24 *We’ll have another upper wave push through this morning bringing a fairly low chance for either light rain or light snow, depending on temperatures. Either way, if we see some snow, minimal impacts are expected. At 0300 this morning we are at 30 degrees so we’ll see what happens when this mess arrives. *Overall, another cool day and then we warm up Thursday into the weekend and then [...]
TUESDAY MARCH 26, 2024
0300L-TUESDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 03/26/24 *This will be short and sweet. *Much cooler today with gusty winds through mid-afternoon. Skies should be clearing so we’ll see more sunshine as the day wears on. Tonight, we’ll see another hard freeze as temps are forecast to be in the mid-20’s. *Overall, we’ll be ok so make sure hoses are disconnected from outside faucets. Here is your forecast from the NWS/NORMAN; Today- Mostly sunny. Highs in [...]
MONDAY MARCH 25, 2024
0315L-MONDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 03/25/24 *Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app as you’ll receive advisories and warnings “directly” from the NWS, IN DETAIL. You’ll also receive information from us. *DISCONNECT HOSES FROM FAUCETS OUTDOORS! A hard freeze is coming tonight, Tuesday night, and possibly Wednesday night. There’s nothing like having nice weather, fire weather, severe weather and now WINTER’S BACK? Oh well, we’ll deal with it. *A cold front will push in our [...]
SUNDAY MARCH 24, 2024
0330L-SUNDAY OUTLOOK FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 03/24/24 Download our GARFIELD COUNTY EM app as you’ll receive advisories and warnings “directly” from the NWS, IN DETAIL. You’ll also receive information from us. **NO CONTROLLED BURNING TODAY** *HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7AM UNTIL 4PM THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS 20-30 WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY FROM 4PM UNTIL 1 AM WITH WINDS 25-30 GUSTING TO 45 MPH IN EFFECT FOR THIS [...]
