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NWS ISSUES RED FLAG WARNING–DON’T BURN!

RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED JANUARY 21 AT 4:07AM CST UNTIL JANUARY 21 AT 3:00PM CST BY NWS HOUSTON – GALVESTON

…A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM 6 AM CST THROUGH 3 PM CST… .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTH WINDS TODAY. DRIER AIR SURGING INTO THE REGION WILL FOSTER HUMIDITY LEVELS BELOW 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS MORNING WHILE THE LOWEST HUMIDITY WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON SO THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS SOMEWHAT CONDITIONAL. HOWEVER THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE RED FLAG WARNING SUCH AS SUBSTANTIAL SHORT TERM RAINFALL DEFICITS APPROACHING 8 INCHES SINCE NOVEMBER 1 AND VEGETATION KILLED BY THE COLD EARLIER IN THE MONTH…AND DRIED DURING RECENT WARM AND DRY WEATHER. …RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.


* AFFECTED COUNTIES… MADISON…WALKER…BURLESON…BRAZOS… WASHINGTON…GRIMES…MONTGOMERY…COLORADO…AUSTIN… WALLER…HARRIS…CHAMBERS…WHARTON…FORT BEND…JACKSON… MATAGORDA…BRAZORIA…GALVESTON.


* WIND…NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
* HUMIDITY…RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL TO BELOW 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
* HIGHEST THREAT…IS LOCATED WEST OF A MADISONVILLE TO HEMPSTEAD TO FREEPORT LINE.
* IMPACTS…ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED

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