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RED FLAG WARNING for South Central Texas

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:55 pm
by TexasStooge
RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
400 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2003

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING ALONG AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM TAYLOR TO BASTROP...SEGUIN AND CAMPELLTON
EXTENDING WEST TO THE RIO GRANDE RIVER.

THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...VAL VERDE...
EDWARDS...KINNEY...MAVERICK...REAL...UVALDE...ZAVALA...DIMMIT...
KERR...BANDERA...MEDINA...FRIO...LLANO...GILLESPIE...KENDALL...
BURNET...BLANCO...COMAL...BEXAR...ATASCOSA...WILLIANSON...TRAVIS...
HAYS...BASTROP...CALDWELL...GUADALUPE AND WILSON.

DISCUSSION:
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH A DRY LINE ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT LATER TODAY.
GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DRY OUT THE AIRMASS OVER
WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.
20 FOOT WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES WHILE HUMIDITIES FALL
INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND 20S. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX BY
EVENING...ALTHOUGH DRY WEATHER WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.