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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX

212 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024



...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 

MONDAY EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20-FT WINDS 

OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR THE 

SACRAMENTO FOOTHILLS, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS, GUADALUPE AND 

DAVIS MOUNTAINS, DAVIS MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS, CULBERSON COUNTY, AND 

THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...



NMZ116>119-TXZ059-270>274-277-278-052215-

/O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0019.240506T1700Z-240507T0200Z/

Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chaves Plains-

Eddy Plains-Lea-Loving-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-

Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-

Eastern Culberson County-Reeves County Plains-Davis Mountains-

Davis Mountains Foothills-

212 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024 /112 AM MDT Sun May 5 2024/



...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH

MONDAY EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20-FT WINDS  

OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR THE

SACRAMENTO FOOTHILLS, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS, GUADALUPE AND

DAVIS MOUNTAINS, DAVIS MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS, CULBERSON COUNTY, AND

THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...



* AFFECTED AREA...Loving, Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe 

  Mountains, Chaves Plains, Eddy Plains, Lea, Guadalupe 

  Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains, 

  Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor, Eastern Culberson County, 

  Reeves County Plains, Davis Mountains and Davis Mountains 

  Foothills.



* TIMING...From Monday afternoon through Monday evening.



* WINDS...West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.



* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 6 percent.



* RFTI...5 to 7 or 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 Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions

are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible

Red Flag Warnings.



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