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WWUS74 KCRP 101034
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
434 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2006

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MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-
KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TILDEN...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...
BEEVILLE...SKIDMORE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...RIO BRAVO...
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
434 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST
SATURDAY...

A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL SHIFT ABRUPTLY TO
THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40
TO 45 MPH AS THE FRONT PASSES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MIDNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND
AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS FROM VICTORIA TO COTULLA AROUND 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL PUSH OFFSHORE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
COASTAL BEND BY AROUND 5 PM.

RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR ANY
OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS.
MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...
SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT AT TIMES.

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MJG