Red Flag Warning for West Central Texas!!!
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 8:08 am
RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
324 AM CST THU FEB 19 2004
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A
LINE FROM OZONA TO SAN ANGELO AND ABILENE.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE THE MID AND UPPER TEENS ACROSS
THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 25
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS FIRE CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT
OR HIGHLY LIKELY. A COMBINATION OF WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND
LOW FUEL MOISTURE LEADS TO FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME WILDLAND
FIRE BEHAVIOR.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF
THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
324 AM CST THU FEB 19 2004
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A
LINE FROM OZONA TO SAN ANGELO AND ABILENE.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE THE MID AND UPPER TEENS ACROSS
THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 25
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS FIRE CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT
OR HIGHLY LIKELY. A COMBINATION OF WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND
LOW FUEL MOISTURE LEADS TO FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME WILDLAND
FIRE BEHAVIOR.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF
THIS RED FLAG WARNING.