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WWUS84 KCRP 081713
RFWCRP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1113 AM CST WED MAR 8 2006

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DUVAL-JIM WELLS-
1113 AM CST WED MAR 8 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

STRONG AND AND DRY SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING OFF THE SIERRA MADRE
WILL SUSTAIN BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THIS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT 
IN A SIGNIFICANT FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

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.


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LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-KLEBERG-
NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
1113 AM CST WED MAR 8 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS 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/BB