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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX

243 AM CDT Sat Mar 21 2026



...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH

SUNDAY EVENING FOR 20-FT WINDS ABOVE 20 MPH, RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF

15% OR LESS, AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTHEAST NEW

MEXICO AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS...



NMZ116>119-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-270>274-

277>279-211945-

/O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0007.260322T1300Z-260323T0500Z/

Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chaves Plains-

Eddy Plains-Lea-Gaines-Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard-

Mitchell-Loving-Winkler-Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-

Reagan-Pecos-Terrell-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-

Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-

Eastern Culberson-Reeves County Plains-Davis Mountains-

Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster-

243 AM CDT Sat Mar 21 2026 /143 AM MDT Sat Mar 21 2026/



...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH

SUNDAY EVENING FOR 20-FT WINDS ABOVE 20 MPH, RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF

15% OR LESS, AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER...



* WINDS...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.



* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 4 percent.



* RFTI...2 or elevated.



* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. 

  Outdoor burning is not recommended.



* SEVERITY...



  FUELS (ERC)...90th+ percentile...5 (out of 5).



  WEATHER...Elevated...1 (out of 5).



  FIRE ENVIRONMENT...6 (out of 10).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions

are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible

Red Flag Warnings.



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