N TX Weather #2

[Ed Mahmoud]

First Texas supercell of the day...


SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
TXC221-251-439-312015-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
219 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HOOD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTH OF GRANBURY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GRANBURY BY 225 PM
GODLEY BY 245 PM
JOSHUA BY 300 PM
BURLESON AND CROWLEY BY 305 PM
EDGECLIFF BY 310 PM
RENDON...EVERMAN...KENNEDALE AND FOREST HILL BY 315 PM

[TexasStooge]

The National Weather Service has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for persons in Northern Tarrant County until 3:30PM CDT.

* AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LAKESIDE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
EAGLE MOUNTAIN AND FORT WORTH BY 240 PM
PECAN ACRES AND FORT WORTH BY 245 PM
SAGINAW BY 255 PM
BLUE MOUND BY 300 PM
HALTOM CITY BY 310 PM
HASLET AND RICHLAND HILLS BY 315 PM

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNING AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

LAT...LON 3298 9703 3281 9703 3266 9753 3268 9755
3270 9754 3272 9755 3300 9754
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 239DEG 11KT 3286 9745

[TexasStooge]

The National Weather Service has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for persons in Bosque, Erath, and Somervell Counties until 3:45PM CDT.

* AT 249 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 34
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DINOSAUR VALLEY STATE PARK...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 39 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DINOSAUR VALLEY STATE PARK BY 335 PM
GLEN ROSE BY 340 PM

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNING AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

LAT...LON 3232 9780 3233 9762 3222 9762 3215 9754
3203 9748 3200 9799 3202 9801 3200 9806
3199 9826 3195 9833 3204 9840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 246DEG 34KT 3200 9826

[Ed Mahmoud]

Nice hook echo as tornado tracks on Johnson and Tarrant county line...

[TexasStooge]

The National Weather Service has issued a TORNADO WARNING for persons in Dallas, Ellis, and Tarrant Counties until 4:30PM CDT.

* AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RENDON..MOVING EAST AT 34
MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MANSFIELD BY 345 PM CDT...
CEDAR HILL STATE PARK BY 400 PM CDT...
CEDAR HILL STATE PARK AND CEDAR HILL BY 405 PM CDT...
DUNCANVILLE...GLENN HEIGHTS...OVILLA AND OAK LEAF BY 410 PM CDT...
DESOTO AND OAK LEAF BY 415 PM CDT...

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT...OR ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME IN AN
INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS FOR COVER.

IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3255 9709 3255 9710 3255 9724 3262 9727
3282 9652 3254 9653 3250 9709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 252DEG 29KT 3255 9719

[Ed Mahmoud]

The Tarrant county tornado is about to move into Dallas County, and radar indicates a new tornado in Denton County.

[jasons2k]

Yeah, that one in Denton County looks like it is about to move thru Frisco and has a pretty pronounced hook...

[Ed Mahmoud]

I think I can see the dry line in Wise and Parker counties on the base reflectivity radar, and it is barely moving. If these storms can clear out of the Metroplex soon enough, with a couple more hours of decent sunshine left in the day, more storms could develop.

[TexasStooge]

Yesterday has been an eventful afternoon. At around 2:00PM CDT, Tornado Watch #148 was issued for North Texas as a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms begin to develop along and east of Decatur, Weatherford to north of Meridian. A couple of those storms in Southern Tarrant and Northern Johnson COunties as well as Denton and Collin Counties were developing tornadoes. One of the Tornadic storms also moved into southern Dallas County, but was slowly losing its strength. The National Weather Service will survey the damage in those hard hit areas and determine whether a tornado has in fact touched down.

We're not quite through with the thunderstorms just yet...we still got a chance of thunderstorms tonight through Wednesday Night, but all that should clear up by Thursday and we will have ourselves a nice weekend.

DFW Forecast

Today: 64°F
Tonight: 54°F
Wednesday: 69°F | 64°F
Thursday: 81°F | 56°F
Friday: 68°F | 51°F
Saturday: 74°F | 55°F
Sunday: 79°F | 60°F
Monday: 80°F

[TexasStooge]

The unseasonably cool weather continues across North Texas, so are the chances of thunderstorms. Today, a slight risk of severe thunsderstorms covers the northern tip of the region, however, a Moderate risk will be covering some of North Texas including DFW.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER...AS A DEEP
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION...RAPID
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
NEAR THE SURFACE LOW AND DRYLINE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH NORTH TEXAS.
SOME OF THE STORMS ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER ACROSS THE EAST INTO THE DAY
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG
AND NORTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO WAXAHACHIE TO SULPHUR SPRINGS
LINE

Will this be a repeat of Monday...except bigger? Only time will tell.

DFW Forecast

Today: 66°F
Tonight: 63°F
Thursday: 79°F | 54°F
Friday: 67°F | 46°F
Saturday: 72°F | 52°F
Sunday: 75°F | 55°F
Monday: 77°F | 56°F
Tuesday: 77°F

[TexasStooge]

As the evening for severe weather draws near, many North Texans are already planning ahead for what could be a repeat from Monday as most of the region is under a moderate risk for severe thunderstorms. Large hail, destructive winds and maybe a few tornadoes are possible.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEFORE
DAYBREAK...WILL MOVE EAST TODAY. A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET HAS BROUGHT
ABUNDANT WARM MOIST AIR NORTHWARD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. BY LATE
AFTERNOON...A SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTHEAST OF CHILDRESS
WITH A DRY LINE EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE BIG COUNTRY. A COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI SOUTHWEST INTO
THE SOUTH PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THESE
STORMS WILL QUICKLY INTENSIFY AS MOVE EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THE COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF NORTH
TEXAS BEFORE MIDDAY FRIDAY. SOME LINGERING SEVERE STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING SOUTHEAST OF A CANTON TO TEMPLE LINE.
OTHERWISE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTH TEXAS LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

DFW Forecast

Today: 80°F
Tonight: 54°F
Friday: 66°F | 47°F
Saturday: 74°F | 44°F
Sunday: 77°F | 55°F
Monday: 77°F | 63°F
Tuesday: 81°F | 61°F
Wednesday: 77°F

[TexasStooge]

Many North Texans are rudely awakened early this morning by some strong to severe thunderstorms that has pounded the region since Midnight. Many areas got hail up to an in. in diameter. Also, winds in excess of 60 MPH has blown down trees and knocked out power to over 1,000 customers. A Severe THunderstorm Watch is in effect for the Northern 1/3rd of North Texas until 7:00AM CDT, however; another Severe Thunderstorm Watch is currently in effect for the Southeastern 1/3rd of the region (including Dallas County) until 10:00AM CDT. We're also experiencing cooler temps once again as current readings fall into the 50s with isolated areas in the upper 40s.

DFW Forecast

Today: 64°F
Tonight: 46°F
Saturday: 72°F | 52°F
Sunday: 77°F | 59°F
Monday: 86°F | 61°F
Tuesday: 79°F | 58°F
Wednesday: 78°F | 56°F
Thursday: 78°F

[TexasStooge]

Did anybody have a nice weekend? I sure did...despite a cloudy start on Saturday Morning. Temperatures that day have reached the 70s and yesterday, highs have topped the 80s. We'll see the same thing today--wait a minute, why can't we see the 80s on Saturday?!?! Anyways, and from Tuesday on, we'll have a chance of thunderstorms. Some will possibly be severe on Tuesday with gereater chances Wednesday abd Thursday.

DFW Forecast

Today: 81°F
Tonight: 65°F
Tuesday: 78°F | 55°F
Wednesday: 68°F | 58°F
Thursday: 76°F | 51°F
Friday: 71°F | 51°F
Saturday: 74°F | 51°F
Sunday: 78°F

[TexasStooge]

Well North Texans, get ready for another round of severe weather from this afternoon to Wednesday. The greatest risk of severe thunderstorms will take place on early Wednesday where isolated tornadoes are possible. All this is associated with a cold front that's gonna sweep through North Texas at that time. The thunderstorms will continue through Thursday evening and on Friday, we'll have cooler and windy conditions with highs near 70 and lows in the 40s.

DFW Forecast

Today: 82°F
Tonight: 57°F
Wednesday: 76°F | 66°F
Thursday: 82°F | 53°F
Friday: 71°F | 46°F
Saturday: 71°F | 45°F
Sunday: 71°F | 52°F
Monday: 74°F

[stormmet]

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[Ed Mahmoud]

Radar shows cold front passing FTW now, a storm tried to fire ahead of the front, but looks like it isn't making it.

[TexasStooge]

The Natiional Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for persons in Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Eastland, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Jack, Lamar, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Stevens, Tarrant, Wise, and Young Counties until Noon CDT Thursday.

* RICH GULF MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH A POTENT STORM SYSTEM TO
CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE WIDESPREAD WITH LOCALIZED
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END MIDDAY
ON THURSDAY.

* FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEEKS...DITCHES...AND ROADS IS
LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA.

Also, there's a moderate risk of severe thunderstorms north of a Comanche, Hillsboro, and Paris Line (including DFW) where large hail, destructive winds, and isolated tornadoes are possible. Elsewhere, a slight risk is implimented.

DFW Forecast

Today: 75°F
Tonight: 66°F
Thursday: 79°F | 50°F
Friday: 70°F | 47°F
Saturday: 70°F | 45°F
Sunday: 70°F | 51°F
Monday: 71°F | 52°F
Tuesday: 72°F

[TexasStooge]

The National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center has issued Tornado Watch #184 for persons in Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Grayson, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Jack, Johnson, Kaufman, Lamar, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Stephens, Tarrant, Wise, and Young Counties until 6:00AM CDT Thursday. This combines the remaining portion of Tornado Watch #179.


___________________________________________________________________________

Other alerts in effect:

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
- Cooke and Grayson Counties until 11:30PM CDT

Flash Flood Watch
- Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Eastland, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Jack, Lamar, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Stevens, Tarrant, Wise, and Young Counties until Noon CDT Thursday.

[TexasStooge]

It has been a wild and crazy 12 hour period. At around 6:00PM, an organized storm has formed in the Abilene area and was drifting Northeastward into the North Texas area. It was capable of producing tornadoes in Brekenridge (Stephens County) all the way to Northern Parker and Palo Pinto Counties and then penetrating the northern neighbors of the immediate DFW area. But just when we thought we dodged that one vicious storm, a squall line of more vicious storms was formed and has quickly swept through the region. Some of the storms did produce some rotation just enough to activate Tornado Warnings for Johnson, Somervell, Northern Dallas and Southern Collin Counties, but mostly it contained large hail, destructive winds of over 80 MPH and dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning which knocked out power to thousands of customers. The National Weather Service will survey the damage by Sunrise to determine if in fact some tornadoes have touched down, due to the fact that the twister may have been rain-wrapped. Judging from the National Radar, the squall line has formed as far north as Western Missouri to as south as Austin. Right now, the line of storms is moving into Texasrkana, Shreveport, and Lufkin as cleanup continues in North Texas. The weather should improve my Midday through next week, and don't be surprised if you feel a chill on Saturday and Sunday mornings as lows dip into the 40s. However, Tornado Watch #187 still goes in effect for the eastern 1/2 of North Texas including DFW until Noon CDT. Also a Wind Advisory is in effect for the entire region until 9:00PM CDT. So, some windy conditions may hinder the cleanup efforts.

DFW Forecast

Today: 81°F
Tonight: 51°F
Friday: 71°F | 47°F
Saturday: 68°F | 46°F
Sunday: 68°F | 50°F
Monday: 71°F | 51°F
Tuesday: 72°F | 56°F
Wednesday: 76°F

[TexasStooge]

To summarize the next 7 days, we'll have mostly sunny skies from today to Wednesday and on Thursday, we'll have a slight chance of thunderstorms.

DFW Forecast

Today: 73°F
Tonight: 44°F
Saturday: 69°F | 41°F
Sunday: 68°F | 39°F
Monday: 73°F | 46°F
Tuesday: 74°F | 56°F
Wednesday: 77°F | 58°F
Thursday: 79°F
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As far as Thursday Morning's storms, the National Weather Service has determined that 5 tornadoes have touched down in Stephens, Collin, Dallas, and Johnson Counties. Most of them were rated an EF-1 with winds of up to 95 MPH. Just enough to overturn some 18-wheeler trucks and rip off roofs of many houses and businesses. There was already a serious injury reported in that active 24-hour periods.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
845 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF DAMAGE SURVEYS IN TARRANT...COLLIN...
DALLAS...AND JOHNSON COUNTIES FROM EARLY MORNING STORMS ON APRIL
10TH...

A SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH
SURVEYED DAMAGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX EARLIER TODAY. THE WIDESPREAD WIND
DAMAGE RESULTED FROM AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED
INTO A BOW ECHO AS IT APPROACHED THE METROPLEX. THE TERM BOW ECHO
DESCRIBES THE RADAR PRESENTATION OF THE STORMS...WHICH ACCELERATES
OR BOWS OUT AS A RESULT OF THE STRONG WINDS. WHILE MOST OF THE
DAMAGE SURVEYED SUGGESTED STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS OF 70 TO 75 MPH...AT
LEAST TWO TORNADOES OCCURRED WITH AN INTENSE CIRCULATION ACROSS
NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY.

THE JOHNSON COUNTY TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF ALVARADO NEAR HAPPY
HILL AT APPROXIMATELY 330 AM CDT AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST FOR
APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES TO PLEASANT POINT. SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED
SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE...AND AT LEAST THREE HOMES WERE CONSIDERED
TOTAL LOSSES. MANY SHEDS...DETACHED GARAGES...AND OTHER SMALL
OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. SEVERAL TREES WERE
UPROOTED...AND AT LEAST TWO FELL ONTO HOMES. POWER LINES WERE DOWNED
THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THIS TORNADO IS RATED EF-1 WITH ESTIMATED WIND
SPEEDS OF 90 TO 95 MPH. THE PATH WIDTH IS ESTIMATED TO BE
APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS WIDE.

THE SECOND TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN DESOTO AT APPROXIMATELY 4 AM IN
THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CITY ALONG MEADOWBROOK ROAD JUST WEST OF
HAMPTON ROAD AND TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST TO NEAR THE EASTERN LIMITS
OF THE CITY JUST NORTH OF WINTERGREEN ROAD. AGAIN...SEVERAL HOMES
HAD SUBSTANTIAL ROOF DAMAGE...WITH ONE HOME NEAR THE BEGINNING OF
THE TRACK LOSING THE MAJORITY OF THE ROOF. MANY DOWNED TREES WERE
OBSERVED ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS. POWER POLES
AND POWER LINES WERE ALSO DOWNED. THIS TORNADO IS ALSO RATED EF-1
WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 95 MPH AND A PATH WIDTH OF 40 YARDS.
MORE ISOLATED DAMAGE WAS REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF THE TORNADO ACROSS
SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF DESOTO...BUT THIS DAMAGE WAS MORE SCATTERED IN
NATURE AND APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.

THE SURVEY TEAM ALSO SURVEYED DAMAGE IN THE MID CITIES AREA AND INTO
SOUTHWEST COLLIN COUNTY IN PLANO. WHILE MUCH OF THE OBSERVED DAMAGE
IS CONSISTENT WITH HIGH-END STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 75 TO 80
MPH...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS BEING GATHERED FROM THESE AREAS FROM
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS...AND THIS
ASSESSMENT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY.

THIS DAMAGING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PART OF ONE OF THE MOST
ACTIVE 24-HOUR PERIODS IN RECENT NORTH TEXAS WEATHER HISTORY. WE
WILL CONTINUE REVIEWING THE METEOROLOGICAL DATA AND THE DAMAGE
ACROSS OUR AREA TO DOCUMENT AS FULLY AS POSSIBLE THE IMPACTS OF THIS
SIGNIFICANT EVENT. WE WILL PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AS THE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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BUNTING