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292 WWUS84 KSJT 030859 RFWSJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 259 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... .A SURFACE TROUGH IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WILL BRING DRY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. TXZ140-154-169-040200- /O.EXA.KSJT.FW.W.0005.130303T1700Z-130304T0200Z/ BROWN-MCCULLOCH-KIMBLE- 259 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...BROWN...MCCULLOCH...AND KIMBLE. * IMPACTS: DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY KIND IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL INTO THE 7 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * TIMING: FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 168-040200- /O.CON.KSJT.FW.W.0005.130303T1700Z-130304T0200Z/ FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-MENARD- 259 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...FISHER...NOLAN...STERLING...COKE... RUNNELS...IRION...TOM GREEN...CONCHO...CROCKETT... SCHLEICHER... SUTTON...HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...JONES... SHACKELFORD... TAYLOR...CALLAHAN...COLEMAN...MENARD. * IMPACTS: DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY KIND IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY: RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL INTO THE 7 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * TIMING: FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJT