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WWUS84 KLUB 112039
RFWLUB

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
339 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-120200-
/O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080612T0200Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-
339 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER...OVER
THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY OVER 100
DEGREES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 10 PERCENT. THESE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND
WILDFIRE DEVELOPMENT.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. AVOID THE USE OF OPEN
FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL
IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RAPIDLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL.

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