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WWUS84 KCRP 070954
RFWCRP

FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
354 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2006

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354 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF 
OF SOUTH TEXAS DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG SOUTH WINDS...

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 15
TO 20 PERCENT INLAND AND 20 TO 30 PERCENT ALONG THE COAST.
HOWEVER...WINDS ARE FORECAST TO ONLY INCREASE TO 1O TO 20 MPH
ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WATCH
FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

HOWEVER...LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL DEEPEN TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW...RESULTING IN INCREASING WINDS SUNDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS DURING
THE DAY SUNDAY. ALSO...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SUNDAY AFTERNOON
ARE EXPECTED TO DIP TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT INLAND AND TO 30 TO 40
PERCENT ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST. FUELS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS
CONTINUE TO REMAIN VERY DRY DURING THE ONGOING DROUGHT...AND WHEN
COMBINED WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY SOUTHERLY
WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED TO
EXTREME FIRE DANGER OR BEHAVIOR. AS A RESULT...A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TEXAS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO TAKE ALL
PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL FIRES FROM STARTING DURING THIS
TIME OF DROUGHT...INCLUDING OBSERVING OUTDOOR BURN BANS AND
AVOIDING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START A FIRE...SUCH AS
ALLOWING RUNNING CARS TO SIT OVER GRASSY AREAS FOR ANY LENGTH OF
TIME AND THROWING BURNING CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND.

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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354 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELED THE
FIRE WEATHER FOR TODAY.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 15
TO 20 PERCENT INLAND AND 20 TO 30 PERCENT ALONG THE COAST.
HOWEVER... WINDS ARE FORECAST TO ONLY INCREASE TO 1O TO 20 MPH
ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...WHICH IS BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. THEREFORE
THE WATCH FOR TODAY WAS CANCELED.

DESPITE THE WATCH BEING CANCELED...RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TEXAS ARE
URGED TO CONTINUE TO TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL FIRES
FROM STARTING DURING THIS TIME OF DROUGHT...INCLUDING OBSERVING
OUTDOOR BURN BANS AND AVOIDING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START
A FIRE...SUCH AS ALLOWING RUNNING CARS TO SIT OVER GRASSY AREAS
FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME AND THROWING BURNING CIGARETTES ONTO THE
GROUND.

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JR