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WWUS84 KCRP 090951
RFWCRP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
351 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006

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LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
351 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY
WIND...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH
TEXAS THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT...AN EXTREMELY DRY AIRMASS WILL
MOVE TOWARD THE EAST ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS EARLY THIS
MORNING...THEN ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS BY
NOON. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WEST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL
RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT FIRE DANGER.

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.

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