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WWUS84 KSJT 220900
RFWSJT

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
400 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT TODAY FOR
CROCKETT COUNTY AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND BIG
COUNTRY...

.A SURFACE TROUGH IN WEST TEXAS WILL BRING GUSTY 20 FOOT SOUTH
WINDS OF 20 MPH...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF ROBY...
SWEETWATER...MERTZON... OZONA LINE THIS AFTERNOON. AS A DRYLINE
PUSHES EASTWARD...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THIS AREA WILL FALL
INTO THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND DRY AIR WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE
GROWTH AND SPREAD.

TXZ049-054-064-071-076-230100-
/O.CON.KSJT.FW.W.0024.080522T1800Z-080523T0100Z/
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-IRION-CROCKETT-
400 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

SOUTH 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 
10 TO 20 PERCENT WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH
AND SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 

DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND OR OUT OF A MOVING
VEHICLE. KEEP VEHICLES ON DRIVING SURFACES...AND DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH TALL GRASS. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT MAY PRODUCE OUTDOOR
FLAMES OR SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
GROW RAPIDLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES.

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
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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