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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
627 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 4 PM CST TODAY FOR
THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS...
.A COLD FRONT PUSHED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT...
WITH VERY DRY AIR AND BREEZY CONDITIONS MOVING IN BEHIND IT.
THIS DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH
WINDS TURNING TO THE SOUTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASING
TO OVER 15 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY
INCLUDING VAL VERDE COUNTY.
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627 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...
THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON.
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRY
AIRMASS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FALLING BELOW 25 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. FIRE DANGER
REMAINS VERY HIGH. WINDS WILL DIP BACK BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA AROUND
4 PM.
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.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES
THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG
WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS
ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS.