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WWUS84 KCRP 052045
RFWCRP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
245 PM CST SUN FEB 5 2006

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245 PM CST SUN FEB 5 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR VERY GUSTY WINDS AND MARGINALLY LOW HUMIDITY
ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR 
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY.
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.

STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO
RESULT IN VERY GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS.
SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH
THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO
RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 PERCENT THROUGHOUT THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS
AND BETWEEN 35 AND 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA 
CROSSROADS.

ON MONDAY...A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS
RESULTING IN MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS
THROUGHOUT THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 10 TO 20
PERCENT THROUGHOUT THE REGION BY AFTERNOON WITH NORTHERLY WINDS 15
TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY. VEGETATION THROUGHOUT THE REGION REMAINS
EXTREMELY DRY DUE TO THE MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER ON
MONDAY.

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.

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