Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
228 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20-FT WINDS
OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO, THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN, UPPER TRANS
PECOS, DAVIS MOUNTAINS, DAVIS MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS, AND CULBERSON
COUNTY...

TXZ045-050-059-060-067-274-291000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0008.240329T1800Z-240330T0100Z/
Gaines-Andrews-Loving-Winkler-Ward-Reeves County Plains-
228 PM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20-FT WINDS
OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER...

* AFFECTED AREA...Gaines, Andrews, Loving, Winkler, Ward and
  Reeves County Plains.

* TIMING...Friday afternoon through early Friday evening.

* WINDS...West 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 7 percent.

* RFTI...3 to 4 or near critical.

* IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that
  may generate sparks, such as outdoor burning or welding.
  Extinguish cigarettes in vehicles. Accidental ignitions will
  have the potential to grow into dangerous wind-driven
  wildfires.

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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