AREAS AFFECTED : SACRAMENTO FOOTHILLS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS; CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS; EDDY PLAINS; LEA; GAINES; DAWSON; BORDEN; SCURRY; ANDREWS; MARTIN; HOWARD; MITCHELL; LOVING; WINKLER; ECTOR; MIDLAND; GLASSCOCK; WARD; CRANE; UPTON; REAGAN; PECOS; TERRELL; GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7000 FEET; GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS; VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR; EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY; REEVES COUNTY PLAINS; CHINATI MOUNTAINS; MARFA PLATEAU; DAVIS MOUNTAINS; DAVIS MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS; CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY; CHISOS BASIN; PRESIDIO VALLEY; LOWER BREWSTER COUNTY
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR FOR 20-FT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY
OF 15% OR LESS, AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR WIND AND
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
* WINDS...West 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 70 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 6 percent.
* RFTI...6 or critical.
* IMPACTS... Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that
may generate sparks. Extinguish smoking material in vehicles.
Accidental ignitions will have the potential to grow into
dangerous wind-driven wildfires.
* SEVERITY...
FUELS (ERC)...90th+ percentile...5 (out of 5).
WEATHER...Critical...3 (out of 5).
FIRE ENVIRONMENT...8 (out of 10).