000
WWUS84 KCRP 071956
RFWCRP

FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
156 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2006

TXZ229>234-239>247-081200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FW.A.0011.060309T1600Z-060310T0000Z/
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
156 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND COASTAL BEND WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
RESULTING IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND MUCH DRIER AIR BY AFTERNOON
ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 10 TO
20 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING
IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH. IN ADDITION...SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS
PERSIST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS. FUELS ARE EXTREMELY DRY
THROUGHOUT THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY.

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.

$$

DUNN