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RFWMAF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
345 AM CST Sat Jan 4 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR 20-FT WINDS OF 20
MPH OR MORE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, AND HIGH TO VERY
HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO, CULBERSON COUNTY, AND
THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...

NMZ116>119-TXZ271>273-277-278-050100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0001.250104T1700Z-250105T0100Z/
Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chaves Plains-
Eddy Plains-Lea-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson-
Davis Mountains-Davis Mountains Foothills-
345 AM CST Sat Jan 4 2025 /245 AM MST Sat Jan 4 2025/

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR 20-FT WINDS OF 20
MPH OR MORE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, AND HIGH TO VERY
HIGH FIRE DANGER...

* WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

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

* RFTI...4 or near 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)...70th-89th percentile...4 (out of 5).

  WEATHER...Elevated...1 (out of 5).

  FIRE ENVIRONMENT...5 (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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