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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1242 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.DRY AIR BEHIND A COLD FRONT...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND
ABUNDANT CURED FUELS...MAY PRODUCE A DANGEROUS RISK OF WILDFIRES
TOMORROW WITHIN MUCH OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

TXZ248>253-280245-
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ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-
1242 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR KENEDY
...HIDALGO...BROOKS...STARR...JIM HOGG...AND ZAPATA COUNTY. 

A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AROUND MID-
MORNING SATURDAY...PRODUCING BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS IN ITS WAKE
...AND USHERING IN COOLER AND DRIER AIR. THESE METEOROLOGICAL
CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT CURED FUELS...MAY PRODUCE 
A DANGEROUS RISK OF WILDFIRES ACROSS MUCH OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO A
RED FLAG WARNING WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
FORECAST TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS INCLUDE SUSTAINED 20 FOOT
WINDS OF 25 MPH OR GREATER AND CURED FUELS...OR THE COMBINATION
OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 2 HOURS OR MORE AND
SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR HIGHER WHEN FUELS ARE NOT
CURED. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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TOMASELLI