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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
315 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE BEFORE THE NEXT 
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING...

THE AIRMASS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY 
DESTABILIZE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS IN 
COMBINATION WITH STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND APPROACHING 
UPPER LEVELS DISTURBANCES WILL RESULT IN THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS...AND SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. IN 
ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL 
IS POSSIBLE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND DRY LINE. THESE STORMS 
WILL MOVE TOWARD SOUTHEAST TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND SOME OF THEM 
MAY STILL BE SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO OUR AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE 
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

ANOTHER THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER MAY COME ON FRIDAY EVENING AND 
FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. 

THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS 
ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 2 TO 4 INCH 
TOTALS POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR 
FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING 
SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT.