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Red Flag Warning issued May 5 at 1:38PM CDT until May 6 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGHMONDAY EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20-FT WINDSOF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR THESACRAMENTO FOOTHILLS, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS, GUADALUPE ANDDAVIS MOUNTAINS, DAVIS MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS, CULBERSON COUNTY, ANDTHE UPPER TRANS PECOS......FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGHTUESDAY EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20-FT WINDSOF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR THESACRAMENTO FOOTHILLS, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS, GUADALUPE ANDDAVIS MOUNTAINS, DAVIS MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS, CULBERSON COUNTY, ANDTHE UPPER TRANS PECOS......FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGHTUESDAY EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20-FT WINDSOF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR THESACRAMENTO FOOTHILLS, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS, GUADALUPE ANDDAVIS MOUNTAINS, DAVIS MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS, CULBERSON COUNTY, ANDTHE UPPER TRANS PECOS...* AFFECTED AREA...Loving, Sacramento Foothills and GuadalupeMountains, Chaves Plains, Eddy Plains, Lea, GuadalupeMountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains,Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor, Eastern Culberson County,Reeves County Plains, Davis Mountains and Davis MountainsFoothills.* TIMING...For the Red Flag Warning, Monday afternoon throughMonday evening. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Tuesdayafternoon through Tuesday evening.* WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph, higher gustsin the mountains.* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 6 percent.* RFTI...5 to 7 or critical to extreme.* IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities thatmay generate sparks, such as outdoor burning or welding.Extinguish cigarettes in vehicles. Accidental ignitions willhave the potential to grow into dangerous wind-drivenwildfires.A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditionsare either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strongwinds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will increasepotential for fire growth.A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditionsare forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possibleRed Flag Warnings.

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