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AWUS44 KEWX 172033
SWSTX 

SOUTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
330 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002

A COLD FRONT WAS BEARING DOWN ON THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 
SOUTH TEXAS. HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS WAS STILL FALLING 
OVER SOUTH EAST TEXAS WHERE SOME PLACES HAVE HAD 6 TO 8 INCHES 
OF RAIN ALREADY TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING OVER THE HILL 
COUNTRY AND ALSO OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS FROM VICTORIA TO EL CAMPO.

WINDS VARIED CONSIDERABLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS BUT
MOST SPEEDS WERE LESS THAN 10 MPH. TEMPERATURES TOO VARIED WIDELY.
RAIN COOLED READINGS WERE IN THE UPPER 60S IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS WHILE
UPPER 90S AND LOW 100S WERE NOTED IN THE WEST.  AT 3 PM READINGS
RANGED FROM 106 DEGREES AT LAUGHLIN AFB NEAR DEL RIO TO 67 DEGREES
AT HUNTSVILLE AND CONROE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH 
TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE 
NOTED. CLEARING WILL BE SLOW BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY BUT SUNDAY 
AND MONDAY WILL BE STELLAR DAYS, BOTH DRY AND MILD. RAIN COMES BACK
INTO THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY.

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