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Red Flag Warning issued May 7 at 9:56PM MDT until May 8 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...A persistent trough over the Central Rockies will maintain drywest flow across the U.S. Southwest again on Wednesday and allowedcontinued breezy conditions area wide. Gusty winds will redevelopduring the afternoon hours combining with very low relativehumidity to create critical fire danger conditions. Recent lackof precipitation has progressed fuel dryness to a point wherewildfire starts will be possible and spread aided by weatherconditions.* AFFECTED AREA...Texas Fire Weather Zone 055 El Paso County,Texas Fire Weather Zone 056 Hudspeth County, Fire Weather Zone110 Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ, Fire WeatherZone 111 Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ,Fire Weather Zone 112 South Central Lowlands and Southern RioGrande Valley/BLM/GLZ and Fire Weather Zone 113 Capitan andSacramento Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ.* TIMING...From Noon to 9 PM Wednesday.* WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...7 to 14 percent.* EXPERIMENTAL RFTI...4 to 6 Near Critical to Critical.* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.Outdoor burning is not recommended.A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditionsare either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination ofstrong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures cancontribute to extreme fire behavior.

National Weather Service