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This is from the National Weather Service for our area......

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL CLIMB INTO THE HIGH CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON...FROM THE FLINT HILLS WESTWARD ACROSS MOST OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS
EXPECTED FOR AREAS TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY 14...OR GENERALLY WEST
OF A LINCOLN TO LYONS TO ANTHONY LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...FROM THE
FLINT HILLS WESTWARD ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS. HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER EXPECTED ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

Hopefully we won't have someone go and burn their trash or burn off a pasture, or worse yet, just start a fire for the fun of it, which unfortunately does happen. We've had these warnings all winter which is really unusual.