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007 WWUS84 KAMA 190918 RFWAMA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 418 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 TXZ011-012-016-017-192100- /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0008.130519T1800Z-130520T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.A.0004.130520T2000Z-130521T0200Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- 418 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...OLDHAM...POTTER...DEAF SMITH... RANDALL. * WIND:WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MONDAY AFTERNOON 20-FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM THE WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. ON MONDAY MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. * TIMING:CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TXZ001-006-007-013-014-018>020-192100- /O.NEW.KAMA.FW.W.0008.130519T1800Z-130520T0200Z/ DALLAM-HARTLEY-MOORE-CARSON-GRAY-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 418 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...DALLAM...HARTLEY...MOORE...CARSON... GRAY...ARMSTRONG...DONLEY...COLLINGSWORTH. * WIND:WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. * TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA