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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
254 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR 20-FT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE,
RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...

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Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chaves Plains-
Eddy Plains-Lea-Gaines-Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard-
Mitchell-Loving-Winkler-Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-
Reagan-Pecos-Terrell-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-
Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-
Eastern Culberson-Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-
Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains-Davis Mountains Foothills-
Central Brewster-Chisos Basin-Presidio Valley-
Lower Brewster County-
254 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025 /154 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025/

...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR 20-FT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE,
RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER...

* WINDS...West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 6 percent.

* RFTI...5 or critical.

* IMPACTS... Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that
  may generate sparks. Extinguish smoking material in vehicles.
  Accidental ignitions will have the potential to grow into
  dangerous wind-driven wildfires.

* SEVERITY...

  FUELS (ERC)...90th+ percentile...5 (out of 5).

  WEATHER...Critical...3 (out of 5).

  FIRE ENVIRONMENT...8 (out of 10).

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 increase
potential for fire growth.

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