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WWUS84 KCRP 252049
RFWCRP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
249 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008

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249 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY.
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING...PUSHING OFFSHORE ALONG THE COASTAL BEND JUST BEFORE
SUNRISE. VERY DRY AIR IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY SPREAD ACROSS THE
REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...LEADING TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND 20 TO
30 PERCENT ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND COASTAL PLAINS.

MEANWHILE...STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO SOUTH TEXAS
WILL LEAD TO WINDY CONDITIONS WITH WINDS RANGING FROM 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS COMBINATION OF LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH WILD
FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY... ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
WORSENING DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION.

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

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