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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
323 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AUSTIN...COLORADO
...FORT BEND...WALLER AND WHARTON COUNTIES..

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AUSTIN-COLORADO-FORT BEND-WALLER-WHARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...EL CAMPO...WHARTON...HEMPSTEAD...
RICHMOND...SUGARLAND...SEALY...BELLVILLE
323 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH...
A INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT INLAND AREAS.

AS TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE MOVES CLOSER TO THE TEXAS COAST...
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH TUESDAY LATE
AFTERNOON ACROSS WHARTON AND FORT BEND COUNTIES...AND THEN EARLY
EVENING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREAS UNDER THE WATCH. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 30
MPH. MONITOR THE LATEST ADVISORY ON CLAUDETTE FROM THE TROPICAL
PREDICTION CENTER. BE PREPARED AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS RIGHT NOW.

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