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WWUS84 KCRP 170009
SPSCRP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
609 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

TXZ233-234-247-170300-
GOLIAD-VICTORIA-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...PORT LAVACA...
PORT O'CONNOR...SEADRIFT
609 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STILL REMAINS FOR VICTORIA GOLIAD AND
CALHOUN COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM ALTHOUGH CONCERN FOR TORNADOES IS ENDING...

AT 6 PM...THE COLD FRONT HAD JUST PUSHED EAST OF VICTORIA AND WAS
APPROACHING WESTERNMOST PORTIONS OF CALHOUN COUNTY. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE
FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND...AND THESE STORMS WILL
APPROACH THE VICTORIA AREA LATER THIS EVENING...INCLUDING THE
COUNTIES OF GOLIAD...VICTORIA AND CALHOUN.

ALTHOUGH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED THE
CONCERN FOR TORNADOES OVER GOLIAD AND VICTORIA COUNTIES SINCE 6
PM...AND FOR CALHOUN COUNTY BY 7 PM...THERE STILL REMAINS A
POTENTIAL FOR ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS LATER THIS EVENING...AS THE STORMS OVER
THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND MOVE TOWARD THE AREA.

THUS...RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED. 


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GW