000 WWUS84 KFWD 051750 RFWFWD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1150 AM CST THU JAN 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT DUE TO INCREASING WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING OR 6 PM OVER ALL OF NORTH TEXAS...AS STRONG POLAR HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES MAINTAINS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND DEEP MIXING OVER NORTH TEXAS. THIS COMBINATION OF EXTREMELY DRY FUELS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND THE GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. ANOTHER SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OFF THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA BY SUNDAY MORNING...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER INCREASING FIRE DANGER SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. TXZ091>094-100>104-115>120-129>134-141>145-156-157-159-060000- /O.CON.KFWD.FW.W.0005.060105T1800Z-060106T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.FW.A.0003.060107T1800Z-060108T1200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-EASTLAND-ERATH- HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- LAMPASAS-CORYELL-MCLENNAN- 1150 AM CST THU JAN 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH TODAY...WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 PERCENT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON FOR A HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER THE AREA...ESPECIALLY WITH THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST. INCREASING SOUTH WINDS...WARMER TEMPERATURES...AND LOW HUMIDITIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER HIGH FIRE DANGER DURING THIS TIME. ALL PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT FIRES FROM STARTING. OUTDOOR BURN BANS ARE IN EFFECT AREAWIDE. AVOID ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START A DEADLY FIRE...SUCH AS OUTDOOR WELDING OR TOSSING LIT CIGARETTES. NEARLY ALL WILD FIRES ARE INTENTIONALLY OR CARELESSLY SET. IF A WILDFIRE ESCAPES AN INITIAL ATTACK...RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY FOR A SAFE ZONE. MAYORS AND OR COUNTY JUDGES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DEMAND MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WITHIN TEXAS. $$ TXZ095-105>107-121>123-135-146>148-158-160>162-174-175-060000- /O.CON.KFWD.FW.W.0005.060105T1800Z-060106T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFWD.FW.A.0003.060107T1800Z-060108T0000Z/ LAMAR-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-HENDERSON- NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-BELL-FALLS-LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM- ROBERTSON- 1150 AM CST THU JAN 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH TODAY...WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 PERCENT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON FOR A HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER THE AREA...ESPECIALLY WITH THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST. INCREASING SOUTH WINDS...WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER HIGH FIRE DANGER DURING THIS TIME. ALL PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT FIRES FROM STARTING. OUTDOOR BURN BANS ARE IN EFFECT AREAWIDE. AVOID ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START A DEADLY FIRE...SUCH AS OUTDOOR WELDING OR TOSSING LIT CIGARETTES. NEARLY ALL WILD FIRES ARE INTENTIONALLY OR CARELESSLY SET. IF A WILDFIRE ESCAPES AN INITIAL ATTACK...RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY FOR A SAFE ZONE. MAYORS AND OR COUNTY JUDGES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DEMAND MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WITHIN TEXAS. $$ 05/