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WWUS84 KCRP 080910
RFWCRP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
310 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2006

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MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-
NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-REFUGIO-
310 AM CST SUN JAN 8 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
SOUTH WINDS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS UPGRADED THE 
FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE
THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND. AT THE SAME TIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT INLAND AND 30 TO 40 PERCENT
ACROSS POTIONS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY DRY FUELS...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR OR DANGER.
RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD 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 RED FLAG WARNING.

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LA SALLE-WEBB-ARANSAS-CALHOUN-
310 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2006

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

WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON TO 15 TO
20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG THE COAST. AT THE SAME TIME
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO 15 TO 25 PERCENT INLAND AND
30 TO 40 PERCENT ACROSS POTIONS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY DRY FUELS...BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE
BEHAVIOR OR DANGER. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD 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 RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

RUNYEN