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WWUS84 KCRP 260934
RFWCRP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
330 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

TXZ229>234-239>247-270000-
/O.EXT.KCRP.FW.W.0007.080226T1200Z-080227T0000Z/
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
330 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS 
AFTERNOON...

VERY DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION 
TODAY...LEADING TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 TO 20 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 ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES. 
THIS COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND STRONG WINDS 
WILL LEAD TO A HIGH WILD FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS 
TODAY...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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