TX Severe Weather Awareness Week 2/29 to 3/6/2004

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
600 AM CST SUN FEB 29 2004

...GOVERNOR RICK PERRY HAS PROCLAIMED THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 29 THROUGH MARCH 6...2004...AS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN TEXAS...

IN HIS MESSAGE TO TEXANS...GOVERNOR PERRY NOTED THAT SEVERE WEATHER CAN STRIKE ANYWHERE IN THE STATE...OFTEN WITH LITTLE WARNING. ECHOING THE GOVERNORS CONCERN...JACK COLLEY...STATE COORDINATOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...STATED THAT THIS “IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN WHAT OUR CITIZENS NEED TO DO WHEN SEVERE WEATHER STRIKES.”

THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPRING SEASON BRINGS A TRANSITION FROM COOL...STABLE AIR TO WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO TEXAS. THE RESULTING HEAT IN THE ATMOSPHERE GIVES WAY TO INCREASED INSTABILITY...A CATALYST FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE PEAK CLIMATIC PERIOD FOR VIOLENT SEVERE WEATHER IN TEXAS IS LATE MARCH THROUGH EARLY JUNE. THIS IS ALSO THE TIME WHEN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE STATE. THESE THREATS INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS TORNADOES...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND...FLASH FLOODS. THEY DAMAGE HOMES AND BUSINESSES...AND IN SOME CASES...CAUSE INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO PREPARE
FOR SPRING SEASON SEVERE WEATHER BY LEARNING WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT THAT SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA.

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