Red Flag Warning Today:

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
416 AM CST TUE DEC 2 2008

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...

.STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH A DRY AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...MAINLY ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY... CONCHO VALLEY...AND THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU.

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416 AM CST TUE DEC 2 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON...ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU.

DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND OR OUT OF A MOVING VEHICLE. KEEP VEHICLES ON DRIVING SURFACES...AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH TALL GRASS. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN FLAMES OR SPARKS OF ANY KIND ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW RAPIDLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-
DRIVEN WILDFIRES.

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 CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.