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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
808 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THREAT TODAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTH
TEXAS. BY NOON WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND...BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH ACROSS THE
NORTHERN COASTAL BEND...AND BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH ACROSS THE BRUSH
COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS. 

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 50
AND 60 PERCENT ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND TO BETWEEN 25 AND 50
PERCENT ACROSS THE BRUSH COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS.

VERY DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS. GRASSES
ARE CURED AND PLENTIFUL RESULTING IN AMPLE FUEL FOR GRASS AND
WILDLAND FIRES. AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THREAT IS EXPECTED TODAY
ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS GIVEN THESE DRY FUELS...IN COMBINATION WITH
THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED BY NOON.

TEXANS FACE SEVERE DANGER OF WILDFIRE AND SHOULD BE EXTREMELY
CAUTIOUS ABOUT ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT CAUSE SPARKS OR
FIRES. SPARKS CAN EASILY ESCAPE FROM BURNING TRASH. AVOID USE OF
WELDING OR GRINDING EQUIPMENT NEAR WEEDS AND GRASS. AVOID PARKING
VEHICLES IN TALL...DRY GRASS AND WEEDS THAT COULD BE IGNITED BY
HOT CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. DO NOT TOSS CIGARETTE BUTTS OUTSIDE.
IN SOUTH TEXAS BURN BANS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR LA SALLE...LIVE
OAK...JIM WELLS...BEE...REFUGIO...ARANSAS...NUECES AND KLEBERG 
COUNTIES. REPORT WILD FIRES QUICKLY TO THE NEAREST FIRE
DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.

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JR