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WWUS84 KCRP 152148
SPSCRP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
348 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008

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LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...ENCINAL...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
348 PM CST FRI FEB 15 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH WEST TEXAS TONIGHT...THEN
MOVE ACROSS THE STATE SATURDAY. IN RESPONSE...A COLD FRONT WILL
ENTER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AROUND NOON SATURDAY...THEN MOVE EASTWARD
ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT...MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO
ENTER SOUTH TEXAS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE COMBINATION OF THE
UPPER DISTURBANCE...THE COLD FRONT...AND ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY...WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY OVER THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA
CROSSROADS...SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WIND...AND TORNADOES.

RESIDENTS IN SOUTH TEXAS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE COASTAL BEND
AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS...SHOULD PREPARE FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED. STORM SPOTTERS IN THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA
CROSSROADS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR
TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING
EVENT.

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