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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
632 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FROM 10AM MDT TO 9PM MDT FOR THE MIDDLE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS
STATE LINE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING MONDAY FROM NOON MDT TO 8 PM MDT FOR THE
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE...

.GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY AND FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EAST TO THE
TEXAS STATE LINE. ANOTHER MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH
WILL CROSS THE STATE MONDAY WITH LESS WIDESPREAD...BUT STILL
SIGNIFICANT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE MIDDLE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER.

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NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107
SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
632 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.

* AREA AND TIMING...THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS WEST TO THE MIDDLE RIO
  GRANDE VALLEY FAVORING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TIL MID EVENING TODAY
  AND THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING MONDAY.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THIS
  AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY
  BETWEEN 5 AND 12 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS SOUTH AND
  EAST.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

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NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104
NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ-
632 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND HIGHLANDS THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MOSTLY
  BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS SOUTHEAST.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

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