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WWUS84 KCRP 020934
RFWCRP

FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
334 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006


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LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-WEBB-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-
334 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL HELP PUSH A WEAK FRONT THROUGH
SOUTH TEXAS ON FRIDAY. MUCH DRIER AIR AND GUSTY NORTH-NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RANGING
FROM 15 TO 25 PERCENT WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE RIO GRANDE
PLAINS. FUELS REMAIN VERY DRY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS ADDING TO THE
FIRE DANGER.

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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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