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WWUS84 KCRP 292109
RFWCRP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
309 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

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LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
309 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BREEZY NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH...WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 20 TO 30
PERCENT INCLUSIVE OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS...AND OVER PORTIONS
OF THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS AND COASTAL BEND...BY EARLY EVENING.

THESE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WILL
INCREASE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR. HOWEVER LATER
TONIGHT...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO
FALLING TEMPERATURES...AND WILL RESULT IN A DECREASED THREAT.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BLAST THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS
THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE
FRONT. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL ALSO INFILTRATE THE REGION BEHIND THE
FRONT. WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 45 MPH OVER ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO LOWER INTO THE TEENS ALONG THE COAST AND COULD
POSSIBLY SEE RH VALUES DIP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE RIO
GRANDE PLAINS.

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

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