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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
343 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

TXZ011-012-016-017-200200-
/O.CAN.KAMA.FW.A.0004.130520T2000Z-130521T0200Z/
/O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130520T0200Z/
OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-
343 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE FOR MONDAY IS
CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...OLDHAM...POTTER...DEAF SMITH...
  RANDALL.

* WIND: WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS ON MONDAY
  ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN 20 MPH...THUS THE FIRE WEATHER
  WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 8 AND 15
  PERCENT.

* TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT
WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING
WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

TXZ001-006-007-013-014-018>020-200200-
/O.CON.KAMA.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130520T0200Z/
DALLAM-HARTLEY-MOORE-CARSON-GRAY-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
343 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...DALLAM...HARTLEY...MOORE...CARSON...
  GRAY...ARMSTRONG...DONLEY...COLLINGSWORTH.

* WIND: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER
  GUSTS.

* HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 8 AND 15
  PERCENT.

* TIMING: CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT
WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER RATING
WILL CREATE RED FLAG CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

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HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/AMA

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