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WWUS84 KCRP 060956
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FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
356 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2006

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356 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2006

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF
SOUTH TEXAS DUE TO EXPECTED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY SOUTH
WINDS.

LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT ON
THURSDAY...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SOME
LOCATIONS. 

FUELS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS CONTINUE TO REMAIN VERY DRY DURING THE
ONGOING DROUGHT...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
AND AT TIMES BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER OR BEHAVIOR.

IF A WILDFIRE DOES DEVELOP AND 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.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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JR