000 WWUS84 KCRP 301815 RFWCRP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1215 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008 TXZ229-230-239-240-311030- /O.NEW.KCRP.FW.W.0003.080131T1500Z-080131T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.FW.A.0001.080201T0000Z-080201T0100Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-WEBB-DUVAL- 1215 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BLAST THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...MARKEDLY DRIER AIR WILL ALSO INFILTRATE THE REGION. WINDS SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS 45 MPH OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS THURSDAY. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DECREASE UNTIL THE LATER PART OF THE AFTERNOON WHERE THE WINDS WILL FINALLY BE IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE AFTER 4 PM. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE FIRE WEATHER WARNING THAT IS ISSUED FOR THURSDAY. $$ TXZ231>234-241>247-311030- /O.NEW.KCRP.FW.W.0003.080131T1500Z-080201T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KCRP.FW.A.0001.080201T0000Z-080201T0100Z/ LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES- SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 1215 PM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BLAST THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...MARKEDLY DRIER AIR WILL ALSO INFILTRATE THE REGION. WINDS SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET INTO THE TEENS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS THURSDAY. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DECREASE UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING WHERE THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER TO AROUND 15 MPH SHORTLY AFTER SUNDOWN. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING FOR THURSDAY. $$ SCC