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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1007 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013


TXZ103>105-118>123-133>135-145>148-159>161-210500-
/O.NEW.KFWD.HW.W.0001.130521T0307Z-130521T0500Z/
DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-TARRANT-DALLAS-ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-
RAINS-JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-HILL-NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-
MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...
THE COLONY...PLANO...GREENVILLE...COMMERCE...FORT WORTH...
ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...TERRELL...KAUFMAN...FORNEY...
WILLS POINT...CANTON...GRAND SALINE...VAN...EDGEWOOD...EMORY...
POINT...EAST TAWAKONI...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...ATHENS...GUN BARREL CITY...
HILLSBORO...CORSICANA...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...PALESTINE...WACO...
MARLIN...MEXIA...GROESBECK
1007 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 40 MPH WINDS...GUSTING TO 60 MPH AT TIMES.
  WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE PERSISTENT...BUT ANY LIGHT ANVIL
  CLOUD PRECIPITATION WILL DRAG STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WINDS DOWN TO
  THE SURFACE...RESULTING IN STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH
  MIDNIGHT. ANVIL CLOUD LIGHT PRECIPITATION COVERS A LARGE PORTION
  OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH
  MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WHEREVER WINDS GUST ABOVE 50 MPH...LIGHT WIND DAMAGE
  CAN BE EXPECTED. DAMAGE TO POWER POLES...POWER LINES AND
  OUTBUILDINGS IS ALL POSSIBLE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE
  DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THESE WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN LEAD TO
PROPERTY DAMAGE...KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK A STURDY
SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE.

&&

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CAVANAUGH
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
