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RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1208 PM CST THU JAN 5 2006

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1208 PM CST THU JAN 5 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH TEXAS DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY
NORTH WINDS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS UPGRADED THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

MUCH DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO SOUTH TEXAS TODAY IN
THE WAKE OF A MORNING COLD FRONT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP
TO AROUND 20 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TO AROUND 30 PERCENT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. NORTHERLY WINDS
WILL ALSO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHER 
GUSTS ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND ALONG THE RIO GRANDE.

FUELS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS REMAIN VERY DRY DURING THE ONGOING
DROUGHT...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND
BREEZY TO AT TIMES GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN INCREASINGLY
DANGEROUS FIRE DANGER OR BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON.

IF A WILDFIRE ESCAPES AN INITIAL ATTACK...RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO 
EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY FOR A SAFE ZONE. MAYORS AND OR COUNTY JUDGES 
HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DEMAND MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WITHIN TEXAS. 


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