000 WWUS84 KCRP 172142 RFWCRP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 342 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2006 TXZ229>234-239>247-180545- /O.EXP.KCRP.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060117T2200Z/ /O.UPG.KCRP.FW.A.0005.060118T1800Z-060119T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.FW.W.0005.060118T1800Z-060119T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.FW.A.0006.060119T1600Z-060120T0000Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 342 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST FOR THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL TURN THE WINDS TO THE SOUTH AND INCREASE QUICKLY TO 15 TO 25 MPH ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE MORNING. BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN VERY LOW. THEREFORE RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND BRUSH COUNTRY AND BELOW 30 PERCENT OVER THE COASTAL BEND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN A DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR SITUATION ON WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON THURSDAY. THIS MEANS THAT IF WILDFIRES DO OCCUR...THEY WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN AND POSE A SERIOUS THREAT OF GROWING QUITE RAPIDLY IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE MANNER. THEREFORE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY. 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. $$