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FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1119 AM CST WED FEB 18 2004

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...

AFFECTED COUNTIES...

IN TEXAS

...HASKELL... THROCKMORTON... FISHER... JONES... SHACKELFORD
...NOLAN... TAYLOR... CALLAHAN... STERLING... COKE... RUNNELS
...IRION... TOM GREEN... CONCHO... CROCKETT... SCHEICHER
...SUTTON

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO
VALLEY...AND EDWARDS PLATEAU THURSDAY...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IN
AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME
WILDLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR 12 OR MORE HOURS FROM THE TIME OF WATCH
ISSUANCE. THESE CONDITIONS ARE A RESULT OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
LOW FUEL MOISTURE...AND GUSTY WINDS.

SOUTH WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH ON THURSDAY. RELATIVIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT BY MIDDLE AFTERNOON.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF
THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.