000 FNUS64 KAMA 251009 RFDAMA TXZ001-006-011-012-016>020-260200- FIRE DANGER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 509 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... NORTHWEST AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH DRY GRASSES AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 17 TO 20 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING AS WINDS DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASE. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MEAN THAT 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR HIGHER AND MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 PERCENT OR LESS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. $$ COCKRELL