000 WWUS84 KCRP 181148 RFWCRP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 548 AM CST WED JAN 18 2006 TXZ229-232>234-239-244>247-182200- /O.CAN.KCRP.FW.A.0006.060119T1600Z-060120T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.FW.W.0005.060118T1800Z-060119T0000Z/ LA SALLE-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO- CALHOUN- 548 AM CST WED JAN 18 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THURSDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND FAR WESTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO TURN SOUTH AND INCREASE QUICKLY 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE MORNING. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN VERY LOW AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND BRUSH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 20 TO 3O PERCENT ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND...EXCEPT FOR HE IMMEDIATE COAST WHERE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN A DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR SITUATION TODAY. THIS MEANS THAT IF WILD FIRES 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 TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS. IT WILL BE VERY WINDY ON THURSDAY...HOWEVER THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND AS HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RISE AND REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS EAST OF INTERSTATE 37. WEBB AND LA SALLE COUNTIES HAVE ALSO BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WATCH AREA AS WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. 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. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ TXZ230-231-240>243-182200- /O.CON.KCRP.FW.W.0005.060118T1800Z-060119T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.FW.A.0006.060119T1600Z-060120T0000Z/ MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES- 548 AM CST WED JAN 18 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE ENTIRE CCOASTALBEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS AREA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND WESTERN COASTAL BEND. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO TURN SOUTH AND INCREASE QUICKLY 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE MORNING. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN VERY LOW AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND BRUSH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 20 TO 3O PERCENT ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND...EXCEPT FOR HE IMMEDIATE COAST WHERE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN A DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR SITUATION TODAY. THIS MEANS THAT IF WILD FIRES 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 TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND EASTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS (BRUSH COUNTRY) ON THURSDAY. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS MUCH OF THE COASTAL BEND AS STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW TRANSPORTS MOISTURE NORTH...HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WEST OF A LINE FROM THREE RIVERS TO KINGSVILLE MAY DROP TO 25 TO 35 PERCENT ONCE AGAIN. THEREFORE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY FOR WESTERN NUECES...WESTERN KLEBERG...JIM WELLS...DUVAL...MCMULLEN AND LIVE OAK COUNTIES. 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. $$ MJG