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TXZ011-012-016-017-050200-

FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
410 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THE MID EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...

SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG
WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT WILL
LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS OLDHAM...DEAF
SMITH...POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE MID
EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE RAIN WAS EITHER LIGHT OR DID
NOT FALL EARLIER THIS WEEK.

THE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL COME TO AN END BY 9 PM
CDT AS WINDS BEGIN TO DECREASE.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MEAN THAT 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF 15
MPH OR HIGHER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20 PERCENT OR
LESS...AND A FIRE DANGER RATING OF HIGH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR.

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GOEHRING