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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
452 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2026
...CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY
FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, AND WEST TEXAS...
.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM, PASSING THOUGH THE SOUTHWEST AND OVER
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL KEEP OUR AREA DRY, AND INCREASE THE
WINDS LATER THIS MORNING. THIS WILL ELEVATE FIRE DANGER TO
CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO, AS WELL AS FAR WEST TEXAS. WIND GUSTS, FROM THE
SOUTHWEST, WILL INCREASE UP TO 60 MPH OR GREATER THIS AFTERNOON.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 10-15 PERCENT LOWLANDS
TO 15-20 PERCENT MOUNTAINS. WIDESPREAD TREE MORTALITY AND DIE
BACK FUELS WILL INCREASE THE WILDFIRE RISK AS ERCS CLIMB TO 85-90
PERCENTILE.
NMZ110>112-TXZ055-056-270200-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0009.260426T1700Z-260427T0200Z/
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/GILA NF/APACHE NF/GLZ-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS/LAS CRUCES BLM/GLZ-
SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY/BLM/GLZ-
TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055
EL PASO COUNTY- TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056
HUDSPETH COUNTY-
452 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY,
STRONG WINDS, AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE
055 EL PASO COUNTY, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 TEXAS FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 056 HUDSPETH COUNTY, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 SOUTHWEST
MOUNTAINS/GILA NF/APACHE NF/GLZ, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111
SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS/LAS CRUCES BLM/GLZ AND FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 112 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO
GRANDE VALLEY/BLM/GLZ.
* TIMING...WINDS INCREASING AFTER 10 AM, AND PEAKING IN MIDDLE
TO LATE AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 88.
* EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...4 TO 6, CRITICAL.
* 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
NMZ113-270200-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0009.260426T1700Z-260427T0200Z/
CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-
452 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY,
STRONG WINDS, AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SACRAMENTO AND CAPITAN
MOUNTAINS...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO
MOUNTAINS/LINCOLN NF/LNZ.
* TIMING...WINDS INCREASING AFTER 10 AM, AND PEAKING IN MIDDLE
TO LATE AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 76.
* EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...5 TO 7, CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL.
* 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 EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
DH
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