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WWUS84 KMAF 250908
RFWMAF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
408 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS
AFTERNOON FOR 20 FT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 10 PERCENT OR LESS...AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR
ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS...

.WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THESE WINDS WILL APPROACH 20 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON AND COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 10 PERCENT
AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS
WINDS SUBSIDE. 

NMZ114-115-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-080-258-
252100-
/O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0061.110525T1600Z-110526T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0074.110525T1600Z-110526T0000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-
SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-
ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
408 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 /308 AM MDT WED MAY 25 2011/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND
LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WIND...IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH.
  ELSEWHERE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...TODAY...5 PERCENT. WEDNESDAY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. SMOKE
  ACROSS ROADS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND OR OUT OF A MOVING
VEHICLE. KEEP VEHICLES ON DRIVING SURFACES...AND DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH TALL GRASS. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT MAY PRODUCE OUTDOOR
FLAMES OR SPARKS.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE
SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW
QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES.

&&

$$


FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)