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[Abbey]

I hope someone can answer a question for me, please. My parents are supposed to come to San Antonio tomorrow, but are freaking out thinking the weather is going to be horrible. Can someone please tell me what San Antonio can expect.

Thank you very much,
Abbey

[Air Force Met]

I hope someone can answer a question for me, please. My parents are supposed to come to San Antonio tomorrow, but are freaking out thinking the weather is going to be horrible. Can someone please tell me what San Antonio can expect.

Thank you very much,
Abbey

Weather there should be a little stormy. North winds...gusting to tropical storm force....some thudnerstorms.

[Cookiely]

Hi Abbey,
I have a friend in San Antonio and just looked up the forecast.
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
357 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-220000-
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-
FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...
BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...
SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...
PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...
CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS
357 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...EFFECTS FROM EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE RITA EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS THIS WEEKEND...

AT 4 PM CDT...MAJOR HURRICANE RITA WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 165 MPH WAS LOCATED ABOUT 700 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS
CHRISTI TEXAS AND WAS MOVING WEST NEAR 13 MPH. RITA IS EXPECTED TO
SLOWLY TURN TO THE NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY AND MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE
MIDDLE TEXAS COAST SOMETIME EARLY SATURDAY. AFTER IT MAKES
LANDFALL IT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT.

ON THIS TRACK...RITA WILL AFFECT A GOOD PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS (39 TO 73 MPH) CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. HURRICANE
FORCE (74 MPH AND GREATER) ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS CLOSEST TO THE COAST. LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE IS
POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE LOOSE OR
LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. TREE TRIMMING MAY
ALSO BE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE CHANCES OF LIMB DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
AUTOMOBILES.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THIS MAY RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING IF THE BANDS OF RAINFALL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS.
FLASH FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK
OF THE HURRICANE.

PEOPLE RESIDING IN OR TRAVELING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF HURRICANE RITA FROM NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.

THE LATEST INFORMATION ON MAJOR HURRICANE RITA CAN BE FOUND AT THE
FOLLOWING WEBSITE:

http://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX (ALL LOWER CASE)

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