Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Amarillo, TX

Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

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WWUS84 KAMA 300314 AAA
RFWAMA

RED FLAG WARNING...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1014 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2008

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ON WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES ON WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG WINDS...
WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY...
MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THREE FOURTHS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.

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HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
1014 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 11 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TONIGHT...

WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AROUND
20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. IN
ADDITION...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 10 PERCENT ARE
EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE
FACTORS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD
OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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>009-011>013-016>018-301300-
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/O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0020.080501T1400Z-080502T0200Z/
DALLAM-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-
1014 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 11 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AROUND
20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. IN
ADDITION...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 10 PERCENT ARE
EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE
FACTORS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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

$$

OKZ001>003-TXZ002>005-301300-
/O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0023.080430T1400Z-080501T0400Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
1014 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 11 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AROUND
20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. IN
ADDITION...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 10 PERCENT ARE
EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE
FACTORS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

000 
WWUS84 KAMA 301023
RFWAMA

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
523 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY...

.A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN TODAY...RESULTING IN
WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE
COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY DUE TO WINDY CONDITIONS
...ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING...CAUSING AN ABRUPT WIND
SHIFT TO THE NORTH.

OKZ001>003-TXZ002>005-302100-
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CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
523 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO 
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR ALL SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS EXPANDED THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...NOW TO INCLUDE ALL SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. 

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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>020-302100-
/O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0023.080430T1400Z-080501T0400Z/
/O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0020.080501T1400Z-080502T0200Z/
DALLAM-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-
CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-
COLLINGSWORTH-
523 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...NOW INCLUDING ALL SECTIONS OF THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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

$$

COCKRELL

000 
WWUS84 KAMA 301043 CCA
RFWAMA

RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
541 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008

CORRECTED LAST SENTENCE OF OVERVIEW

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY...

.A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN TODAY...RESULTING IN
WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE
COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY DUE TO WINDY CONDITIONS
...ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING...CAUSING AN 
ABRUPT WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH.

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CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
541 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO 
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR ALL SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS EXPANDED THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...NOW TO INCLUDE ALL SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. 

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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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DALLAM-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-
CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-
COLLINGSWORTH-
541 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...NOW INCLUDING ALL SECTIONS OF THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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

$$

COCKRELL

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WWUS84 KAMA 301417
RFWAMA

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
917 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY...

.A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN TODAY...RESULTING
IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES. THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG WINDS...WARM
TEMPERATURES...AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LEAD TO
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY DUE TO WINDY
CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
EVENING...CAUSING AN ABRUPT WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH.

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-302100-
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CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
917 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY...WITH GUSTS OF
45 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 5 TO 10 PERCENT BY AFTERNOON. THE
COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON
THURSDAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS...RESULTING IN A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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

$$

JOHNSON

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WWUS84 KAMA 302032
RFWAMA

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
332 PM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY...

.WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG
WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE THIS
EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON
THURSDAY DUE TO BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS MUCH OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
EVENING...CAUSING AN ABRUPT WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH.

TXZ011>020-011200-
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OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-
DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
332 PM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9
AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN AROUND 5 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE
INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF
THESE FACTORS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AS WEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO
35 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP TO AROUND
10 PERCENT. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...RESULTING IN A WIND SHIFT TO THE
NORTH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>010-011200-
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CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-
332 PM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
GUSTS OF 45 MPH AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE
INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THESE
FACTORS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY ACROSS
THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES. THEREFORE...A WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...RESULTING IN A
WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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

$$

JOHNSON

000 
WWUS84 KAMA 010308
RFWAMA

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1008 PM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE DIMINISHED TONIGHT BUT
WILL RETURN TO THE AREA AGAIN THURSDAY...

.SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL
ONCE AGAIN INCREASE THURSDAY. THUS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY DUE TO THESE BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS
OVER MUCH OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING...CAUSING AN ABRUPT WIND
SHIFT TO THE NORTH.

TXZ011>020-011115-
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/O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0024.080501T1400Z-080502T0200Z/
OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-
DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
1008 PM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9
PM CDT THURSDAY.

SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW 20 MPH THIS EVENING ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECOVER ABOVE 20 PERCENT TONIGHT...WINDS SHOULD
REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE AS WEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP TO AROUND 10 PERCENT. IN
ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON
THURSDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING
HOURS...RESULTING IN A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH.

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 DRY FUELS WILL CREATE
EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>010-011115-
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/O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0020.080501T1400Z-080502T0200Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-
1008 PM CDT WED APR 30 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT THURSDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR THE
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW 20 MPH THIS EVENING ACROSS
THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECOVER ABOVE 20 PERCENT TONIGHT...WINDS
SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES. THEREFORE...A WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IN
ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON
THURSDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...RESULTING IN A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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

$$

CLK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1246 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2008

.AVIATION...
SURFACE TROF DRAPED ACROSS FCST AREA WILL REDEVELOP WWD LATER THIS AFTERNOON
...THEN INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN WINDS...
ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS THRU WEDNESDAY. VFR
CONDITIONS NEXT 24 HOURS.

ANDRADE

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 330 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2008/

DISCUSSION...
FIRE WX ISSUES DOMINATE THE NEAR TERM.  SEE DISCUSSION BELOW.

FLATTENING H5 RDG TDA WILL RESULT IN DEEPENING OF SFC TROF AND
TEMPS REACHING MID 80S TO LOWER 90S TDA.  H5 HEIGHTS FALL FURTHER
ON WED AHEAD OF DEEPENING LONGWAVE TROF.  DEEPENING SFC TROF
EXPECTED TO CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE INTO AT LEAST BREEZY CATEGORY ON
WED.

ON THU...HAVE FOLLOWED LEAD OF NAM...BRINGING COLD FRONT INTO NRN
HALF OF FCST AREA BEFORE 18Z.  WITH PRONOUNCED WLY WINDS EXPECTED
AHEAD OF CDFNT...HAVE INCREASED MAX TEMPS IN SRN ZONES AS MUCH AS 8
DEG F ABOVE MOS...WHILE HAVE DECREASED MAX TEMPS IN NRN ZONES BY AS
MUCH AS 6 DEG F...DUE TO CDFNT/S EARLIER ARRIVAL.  BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON THU.  BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU MUCH OF
THU EVE BEHIND CDFNT.  NO POPS WITH THU FROPA DUE TO PROLONGED DRY
FLOW PRIOR TO FROPA.

FRI AND SAT EXPECTED TO BE MUCH TAMER...WITH MODERATE TEMPS AND MUCH
LIGHTER WINDS.  MODELS AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER SUN AND MON...AS GFS
DEVELOPS COLD UPSLP FLOW IN MOIST ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE REGIME.  HAVE
SIDED WITH ECMWF...WHICH HAS BEEN MORE CONSISTENT IN SETTING UP DRYLN
SUN AND MON.  THUS...HAVE INCREASED MAX TEMPS BY 8 TO 10 DEG ABOVE
MOS BOTH DAYS...AND HAVE KEPT SLGT CHC POPS GOING SUN THRU MON.  03

COCKRELL

FIRE WEATHER...
RH VALUES EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 15 PCT ALL SECTIONS TDA...AND AS
WMFNT LIFTS NEWD TDA...EXPECT SERN ZONES TO HAVE 20-FT WINDS INCREASE
TO AROUND 20 MPH.  THUS...HAVE ISSUED RED FLAG WRNG FOR THIS AFTN
AND EVE.  ON WED...SWLY WINDS SHOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE REACHING RED
FLAG CRITERIA...WITH VERY LOW RH VALUES CONTINUING.  THUS...FIRE WX
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WED AND WED EVE.  ON THU...WILL HAVE TO
CONSIDER CRITICAL FIRE WX CONDITIONS DEVLOPING AHEAD OF INCOMING
COLD FRONT.  RH VALUES EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THU EVE BEHIND CDFNT...
WITH MUCH BETTER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR FRI AND SAT.  DWPTS AND RH
VALUES EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SUN AND MON DUE TO ELY COMPONENT AHEAD
OF DRYLN.  03

AVIATION...
SFC TROF WILL BE LOCATED ACRS WRN HALF OF PNHDLS TDA WITH LGT SWLY TO
PSBLY VRB WINDS EXPECTED THRU EARLY AFTN AT ALL TERMINALS. SWLY WINDS
WILL INCR LATE AFTN AS PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS...BUT WILL DECR
THIS EVE AND LATE TNGT AT NRN TERMINALS AS BNDRY LYR DECOUPLES AND
SFC TROF AXIS LINGERS. WINDS MAY REMAIN ELEVATED AT KAMA THRU TNGT.
ONLY HI LVL CLOUDS ANTICIPATED THRU TNGT.

KRAMAR

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...
     COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...
     HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...
     MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...
     SHERMAN...WHEELER.

     RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: COLLINGSWORTH...DONLEY...GRAY...HEMPHILL...WHEELER.

OK...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.

&&

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
100 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2008

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-301100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
100 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...

THE COMBINATION OF SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH
RANGE...WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...AND MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT ACROSS PARTS OF THE EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL LEAD
TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT...A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING.

ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE PANHANDLES...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS DRY WEATHER
PERSISTS AND BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH
HIGHER GUSTS DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
AS SOUTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN AGAIN TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT ARE
REACHED. THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS ALL OF THE PANHANDLES. AT THIS TIME...IT
APPEARS THAT ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

ANDRADE