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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
233 PM CST WED FEB 25 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT, 20 FOOT WINDS
AROUND 20 MPH OR GREATER, AND HIGH FIRE DANGER IN THE NEW MEXICO
PLAINS, PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN, AND CULBERSON AND REEVES
COUNTIES...
NMZ117>119-TXZ045-046-050-051-059>062-067-273-274-260200-
/O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260226T0200Z/
CHAVES PLAINS-EDDY PLAINS-LEA-GAINES-DAWSON-ANDREWS-MARTIN-LOVING-
WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-WARD-EASTERN CULBERSON-REEVES COUNTY PLAINS-
233 PM CST WED FEB 25 2026 /133 PM MST WED FEB 25 2026/
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM CST /7 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT, 20 FOOT WINDS
AROUND 20 MPH OR GREATER, AND HIGH FIRE DANGER IN THE NEW MEXICO
PLAINS, PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN, AND CULBERSON AND REEVES
COUNTIES...
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT.
* RFTI...4 TO 7 OR NEAR CRITICAL TO CRITICAL.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
* SEVERITY...
FUELS...DRY
WEATHER...NEAR CRITICAL...2 (OUT OF 5).
FIRE ENVIRONMENT...5 (OUT OF 10).
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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