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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM HERMINE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
451 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN SELECT LOCATIONS WITHIN SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...FRIO...ATASCOSA AND KARNES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN
EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN
EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.0N...LONGITUDE 98.0W. THIS WAS ABOUT 170 MILES
SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO TX. STORM MOTION WAS TO THE NORTH TO
NORTHWEST AT 17 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WILL BEGIN TO BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS INTO PARTS OF FRIO...ATASCOSA...AND KARNES COUNTIES LATE
THIS MORNING. THE STORM SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE
FARTHER INLAND...AND THE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
FALL BELOW THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE LEVEL OF 39 MPH IN THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINS AND AN ISOLATED THREAT FOR TORNADOES IS
ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXPECT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 39 MPH...BETWEEN 10
AM AND 4 PM TODAY...WITH HIGHEST GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. HEAVY
RAIN AND TORNADOES ACCOMPANY TROPICAL CYCLONES. A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING MEANS THAT THE STATED CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE
NEXT 36 HOURS FOR THE SPECIFIED AREAS. IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST
DECISIONS...BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE TERMINOLOGY AND
DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE EVENTS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO AROUND 7 AM CDT...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

TXZ220-222-072100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TI.W.0001.100907T1600Z-100907T2100Z/
ATASCOSA-KARNES-
451 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING
TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE
DETAILED STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.

$$

TXZ219-072100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TI.W.0001.100907T1600Z-100907T2100Z/
FRIO-
451 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING
TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE
DETAILED STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.

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