Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX

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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
353 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

TXZ011-012-016-017-210200-
OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON
353 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE DANGER
STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

* AFFECTED AREA...THE SOUTHWEST FOUR COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.

* 20 FOOT WIND...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME OCCASIONAL
  HIGHER GUSTS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
  THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE BY THIS EVENING SHIFTING THE WINDS
  AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF
  10 TO 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

* TIMING...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
  BY NOON TODAY AND SHOULD PERSIST UNTIL AROUND 8 PM TO 9 PM THIS
  EVENING BEFORE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RISE ABOVE 20 PERCENT AND THE 20
  FOOT WINDS DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 15 MPH.

OUTDOOR BURNING AND ACTIVITIES THAT CAUSE OPEN SPARKS OR FLAMES
ARE DISCOURAGED. FIRE AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SIGNIFICANT WIND DRIVEN GRASS FIRES.

A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF 15
MPH OR HIGHER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20 PERCENT OR
LESS...AND A FIRE DANGER RATING OF HIGH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED
TO OCCUR.

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