TULSA, Okla. — The fire risk in Tulsa County continues to grow.

According to the National Weather Service Office in Tulsa, Southerly winds gusting as high as 35 to 45 mph combined with low relative humidity and ongoing drought conditions will increase fire weather concerns across eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas on Monday.

The National Weather Service says widespread enhanced to near critical grassland fire spread rates are expected, with locally critical values in areas west of Highway 75 in northeast Oklahoma.

A Red Flag Warning is in effect for several counties in northeast Oklahoma from Noon to 8 pm on Monday. Heed ongoing county burn bans and avoid any activities that may inadvertently start a wildfire, the NWS said.