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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
446 AM CDT MON APR 14 2008

...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER DANGER TODAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...
...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DANGER ON TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...

VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE TEENS WILL OCCUR ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS TODAY...AND COMBINED WITH THE EXTREMELY DRY
GRASSES AND BRUSH ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WILL RESULT IN AN
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER DANGER.

A SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED TUESDAY AND INCREASE
THROUGH THE DAY...WITH GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH IN SOME PLACES. DEW
POINTS WILL BE MODIFYING SLOWLY THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE SOUTHEAST
WIND...YET THERE MAY BE BRIEF WINDOW IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH
MID AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY WHERE WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
APPROACH NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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...WEBB...
DUVAL...LIVE OAK...JIM WELLS...BEE...REFUGIO...ARANSAS...SAN 
PATRICIO...NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. REPORT WILD FIRES QUICKLY
TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.

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JR