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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
732 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT/9 PM MDT
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...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR 20 FT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND VERY HIGH TO
EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MOST OF
WEST TEXAS...

.A LATE SEASON WIND STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY WINDY 
CONDITIONS INTO EARLY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEGUN TO SLOWLY
DECREASE BUT WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THIS EVENING... GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. ALSO SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW HOURS SO THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN
EXTENDED. SOME FIRES THAT DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUE THIS
EVENING. POOR RECOVERY WILL EXTEND INTO THE NIGHT THUS EXTENDING
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS INTO THE EVENING. FIRE WEATHER CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN WEDNESDAY.

NMZ114-115-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-080-258-
251245-
/O.EXT.KMAF.FW.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110525T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0061.110525T1600Z-110526T0200Z/
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-
732 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 /632 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011/

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FOR ALL OF 
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR 
ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS...

* WIND...MOUNTAINS TODAY...WEST 35 TO 45 MPH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
  PLAINS THIS EVENING...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
  MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
  PLAINS WEDNESDAY..WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

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

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. SMOKE 
  ACROSS ROADS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. HIGH WINDS WILL LIMIT 
  AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS. EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED.

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.

&&

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