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WWUS84 KCRP 051034
RFWCRP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
434 AM CST SUN FEB 5 2006

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434 AM CST SUN FEB 5 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST.

A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TODAY WILL INDUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS TO 40 TO
50 PERCENT OVER THE COASTAL BEND COMBINED WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS
WILL POSE A THREAT FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR.

A DRY COLD FRONT WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PASS THROUGH
SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY MORNING WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING
IN ITS WAKE. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BEHIND THE
FRONT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PROVIDE FOR INCREASED FIRE DANGER
OVER SOUTH TEXAS.

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 AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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