000 WWUS84 KCRP 072053 RFWCRP RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 253 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008 TXZ229>234-239>247-080000- /O.EXT.KCRP.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080308T0000Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 253 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE BY 6 PM. SOME WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND BEFORE WINDS FINALLY BEGIN TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 25 PERCENT (LOWEST IN THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS) BEFORE INCREASING THIS EVENING. THIS COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6 PM...ENDING THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ MJG