Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
304 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT FOR THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR 20 FOOT WINDS AROUND 20 MPH...RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR
THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS
MOUNTAINS...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...THE MARFA PLATEAU...AND THE
PRESIDIO VALLEY FOR 20 FOOT WINDS SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 20
MPH...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND CONTINUED HIGH
FIRE DANGER...

.BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON...AS 20 FOOT WIND
SPEEDS REMAIN NEAR 20 MPH...RELATIVE HUMIDITY REMAINS IN THE 10 TO
15 PERCENT RANGE...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER PERSISTS. 

A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS ARIZONA AND NEW
MEXICO SATURDAY. STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS...A STRENGTHENING TROUGH
OF LOW PRESSURE...AND A SHARPENING DRYLINE WILL BRING CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MOST AREAS WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LOCATED IN THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...WHERE SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS IN
EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO SPREAD
ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...THE TRANS
PECOS...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU/PRESIDIO
VALLEY. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL QUICKLY DROP TO 10 TO
15 PERCENT OVER THESE LOCATIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

NMZ114-TXZ258-211030-
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GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
204 PM MDT FRI APR 20 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

VERY DRY AND BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 20
FOOT WINDS AROUND 20 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 10
AND 15 PERCENT. CONDITIONS SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING. 

MUCH STRONGER WINDS WILL RETURN SATURDAY...WITH 20 FOOT SPEEDS OF
25 TO 40 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL ALSO DROP TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT AGAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH CONTINUED HIGH FIRE DANGER TO PROMOTE
VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD.

DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND OR OUT OF A MOVING
VEHICLE.  KEEP VEHICLES ON DRIVING SURFACES...AND DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH TALL GRASS.   AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT MAY PRODUCE OUTDOOR
FLAMES OR SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
GROW INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES.

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SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
304 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 /204 PM MDT FRI APR 20 2007/

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

WESTERLY 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 MPH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALSO DROP TO 10 TO 15
PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH
HIGH FIRE DANGER TO PROMOTE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE
GROWTH AND SPREAD.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR.  LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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