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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1118 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005
...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHEAST
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON..
.CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE RITA WILL MAKE LANDFALL OVER THE FAR UPPER
TEXAS COAST NEAR BEAUMONT-PORT ARTHUR SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK
SATURDAY MORNING. AS RITA MOVES INLAND AND NORTH THROUGH SOUTHEAST
TEXAS SATURDAY...A WEAKENING AND SLOWING TREND IS EXPECTED WITH A
DOWNGRADE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS LIKELY TO APPROACH FAR
SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RESIDENTS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM ATHENS...TO CORSICANA...TO GROESBECK...TO HEARNE SHOULD MAKE
PREPARATIONS NOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND GUSTS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
IS ALSO A LIKELY THREAT FROM RITA.
TXZ135-147-148-162-240030-
/X.NEW.KFWD.TI.A.0001.050924T1600Z-050925T1800Z/
HENDERSON-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LEON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...TEAGUE...
FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...BUFFALO...CENTERVILLE...JEWETT...OAKWOOD
1118 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED AN INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
LOOK FOR NORTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY AND
INTO SATURDAY NIGHT TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED
HIGHER GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS MAY SUSTAIN THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS SUNDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING AS TROPICAL STORM RITA
CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD.
THESE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ALONG
WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO LIGHT-WEIGHT STRUCTURES SUCH AS MOBILE
HOMES...SHEDS...OPEN CAR PORTS...AND OUT-BUILDINGS. LIGHT-WEIGHT
OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED AS
WELL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF
TIME...SO HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND DRY GOODS READY IN SUCH CASE.
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM...IN
THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.Code: Select all
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1118 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005
...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHEAST
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON..
.CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE RITA WILL MAKE LANDFALL OVER THE FAR UPPER
TEXAS COAST NEAR BEAUMONT-PORT ARTHUR SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK
SATURDAY MORNING. AS RITA MOVES INLAND AND NORTH THROUGH SOUTHEAST
TEXAS SATURDAY...A WEAKENING AND SLOWING TREND IS EXPECTED WITH A
DOWNGRADE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS LIKELY TO APPROACH FAR
SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RESIDENTS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM ATHENS...TO CORSICANA...TO GROESBECK...TO HEARNE SHOULD MAKE
PREPARATIONS NOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND GUSTS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
IS ALSO A LIKELY THREAT FROM RITA.
TXZ146-161-175-240030-
/X.NEW.KFWD.TI.A.0001.050924T1600Z-050925T1800Z/
NAVARRO-LIMESTONE-ROBERTSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORSICANA...MEXIA...GROESBECK...
HEARNE...FRANKLIN...CALVERT
1118 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005
...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED AN INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
LOOK FOR NORTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY AND
INTO SATURDAY NIGHT TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED
HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS MAY SUSTAIN THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS SUNDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING AS TROPICAL STORM RITA
CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD.
THESE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ALONG
WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO LIGHT-WEIGHT STRUCTURES SUCH AS MOBILE
HOMES...SHEDS...OPEN CAR PORTS...AND OUT-BUILDINGS. LIGHT-WEIGHT
OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS SHOULD BE SECURED AS
WELL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF
TIME...SO HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND DRY GOODS READY IN SUCH CASE.
AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM...IN
THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.