Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Mar 8, 2012, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 8, 2012, 9:00 AM CST

Expired

Mar 8, 2012, 2:33 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

113 
WWUS84 KMAF 080938
RFWMAF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
338 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...
MARFA PLATEAU... AND BIG BEND AREA FOR 20 FT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR
GREATER... MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND...
VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY BRINGING
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITY TO MUCH OF THE REGION.
HOWEVER AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT... VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS SOUTHWARD.  WEST WINDS WILL 
QUICKLY SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE IN SPEEDS AS THE
FRONT MOVES THROUGH.  THIS MAY RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... MARFA PLATEAU... AND BIG
BEND AREA TODAY.

TXZ074-080-081-082200-
/O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0012.120308T1500Z-120309T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0017.120308T1500Z-120309T0000Z/
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-
338 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE DAVIS 
MOUNTAINS... MARFA PLATEAU... AND BIG BEND...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WIND...BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND. 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 RAPIDLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-
DRIVEN WILDFIRES.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RED FLAG WARNING -- NO FIRE...AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY
ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN
WILDFIRES.

&&

$$


FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)

537 
WWUS84 KMAF 082033
RFWMAF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
233 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012

TXZ074-080-081-082145-
/O.CAN.KMAF.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120309T0000Z/
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-
233 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY
FOR THE TRANS PECOS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE
RED FLAG WARNING. 

WITH THE EARLY ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT THE CONCERN FOR LOW RH/S HAS BEEN
REDUCED. THERE MAY STILL BE NEAR RED FLAG CONDITIONS IN THE FAR SOUTHERN
PARTS OF THE BIG BEND AREA WHEN THE FRONT PASSES.

$$


FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)

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