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WWUS74 KCRP 171149
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
549 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2006

TXZ231>234-240>247-171800-
/O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.060117T1149Z-060117T1800Z/
LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-
SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE...
SKIDMORE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO...
ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...
PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...
MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA...
PORT O'CONNOR...SEADRIFT
549 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A SECONDARY SURGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE AN
INCREASE IN NORTHWEST WINDS AGAIN THIS MORNING ACROSS THE COASTAL
BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO
20 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION...AS
TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO
35 TO 40 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH NOON. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO SOUTH TEXAS IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS
ALLOWING WIND SPEEDS TO SUBSIDE.

RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO ANCHOR
DOWN...OR SHELTER ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STRONG WIND GUSTS. ANYONE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD
EXERCISE CAUTION AS THESE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO
STRONG CROSS WINDS.

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MJG