TX WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches, and Advisories
WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
214 AM CDT Wed Apr 19 2023
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM
CDT /8 PM MDT/ TODAY FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10% OR LESS, 20 FT
WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM
CDT /8 PM MDT/ TODAY FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10% OR LESS, 20 FT
WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS...
* AFFECTED AREA...Gaines, Dawson, Borden, Scurry, Andrews,
Martin, Howard, Mitchell, Loving, Winkler, Ector, Midland,
Glasscock, Ward, 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 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ to 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
Wednesday.
* WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Gusts up
to 70 mph in the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 percent.
* RFTI...7 to 8 or extreme.
* IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that
may generate sparks. Accidental ignitions will have the
potential to grow quickly into dangerous wind-driven
wildfires.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are...