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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
900 PM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT TIL 8 PM MDT 
WEDNESDAY FOR FAR WEST TEXAS...THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
DESERTS...THE GILA REGION AND THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS FOR VERY
LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH WIND...AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER
RATINGS...

.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING TO THE NORTH WEDNESDAY...AND
A LEE SIDE TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO...WILL CAUSE
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. THE STRONG
WINDS...COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE
DANGER RATINGS...WILL CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WEDNESDAY..

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SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS-
SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
900 PM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS
ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM
MDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...COMBINED
WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE
DANGER RATINGS...ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDTIONS
FROM 11 AM MDT WEDNESDAY TIL 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY.

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 EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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