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WWUS84 KFWD 121322 CCA
RFWFWD

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
649 AM CST THU JAN 12 2006

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS 
THROUGH 6 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING...

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE EAST AND DEEPEN A SURFACE LOW OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS
THIS MORNING. AS THIS DISTURBANCE PROGRESSES EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS TODAY...THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST INTO MISSOURI
BY THIS EVENING...WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH INTO NORTH TEXAS 
IN IT'S WAKE THIS EVENING. 

THE WIND SHIFT AND A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED...DRY LIGHTNING STORMS
OVER FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH
FIRE DANGER THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF
OF NORTH TEXAS DUE TO DRY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS. THE FIRE
DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH FRIDAY AS STRONG NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS
USHER IN A DRY...POLAR AIRMASS WITH ALL OF NORTH TEXAS SEEING
AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES IN THE CRITICAL RANGE. CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE FRIDAY NIGHT AS WINDS DIMINISH AND HUMIDITIES INCREASE.

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HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
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649 AM CST THU JAN 12 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN
CRITICAL WILDFIRE DANGER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS
NORTHWEST OF A SHERMAN...FORT WORTH...HILLSBORO...LAMPASAS LINE. 
DRY FUELS FROM THE ONGOING DROUGHT WILL ALSO RESULT IN A FIRE
DANGER FURTHER SOUTHEAST AS WELL. 

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH GUSTY NORTH AND
NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...ALONG WITH DRY POLAR AIR
WHICH WILL CONTINUE THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO
FRIDAY.

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 WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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