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WWUS84 KMAF 242037
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
237 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM CST FOR GUSTY
WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...CENTRAL AND WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...
TRANS PECOS...STOCKTON PLATEAU AND BIG BEND REGION...

.SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH 
GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP 
BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. ONE HOUR FUELS REMAIN DRY...THUS
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A DECREASE IN WIND
SPEEDS IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS HUMIDITIES SLOWLY RISE.

NMZ115-TXZ045-050-058>062-067>069-075-081-082-250000-
/O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100125T0000Z/
SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-ANDREWS-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
WARD-CRANE-UPTON-PECOS-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-
237 PM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 /137 PM MST SUN JAN 24 2010/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS EVENING...

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS NEAR 35
MPH WILL COMBINE WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AT OR
BELOW 15% RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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.

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