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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
617 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR COASTAL COUNTIES BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM
CDT...

.UNSEASONABLY LOW DEW POINT TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...AFTERNOON
HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT BY NOON AND
INTO THE MID TEENS BY MID AFTERNOON.

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BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-
617 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE COASTAL
COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS WILL BE VERY LOW
AND THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO BE AT OR BELOW 20
PERCENT ACROSS THE AREA. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
IMPROVING AROUND SUNSET AS SOUTHERLY WINDS BRING A RETURN OF GULF
MOISTURE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. UNUSUALLY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES ALONG THE COAST HAS PROMPTED A RED FLAG WARNING.

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