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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
417 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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/O.CAN.KLUB.FW.A.0009.130519T1700Z-130520T0200Z/
HALL-CHILDRESS-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-
DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
417 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF
20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR
LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS
PANHANDLE...ROLLING PLAINS...AND SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH.

$$

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/O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0009.130519T1700Z-130520T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0007.130519T1700Z-130520T0200Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-
417 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE
DANGER WEST OF A QUITAQUE TO LAKEVIEW LINE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* WINDS...WILL BECOME SUSTAINED FROM THE WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AT
  THE 20 FOOT LEVEL.

* HUMIDITY...WILL DROP TO 5 TO 10 PERCENT.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNIFICANT WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. AVOID
ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS.

&&

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