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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
650 AM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN
NEW MEXICO WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE AND EL PASO COUNTY OF FAR WEST
TEXAS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND
MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER...

.A WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN U.S. WILL CAUSE
STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO THURSDAY. A
COMBINATION OF STRONG GRADIENT WINDS AND HIGH WINDS ALOFT MIXING
DOWN TO THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINED 20-FOOT WINDS OF 20
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL
TO THE LOW AND MIDDLE TEENS ACROSS THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
FIRE DANGER RATINGS OF HIGH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL THE
WARNED AREAS.

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SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS-
SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EL PASO-
650 AM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH TO FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW
MEXICO TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WITH
HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT AND HIGH OR GREATER FIRE DANGER RATINGS
WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH OR ABOVE FIRE
DANGER RATINGS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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