HOUSTON, February 14, 2008 - FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY CONTAINING HAIL AND PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AS A STALLING COLD FRONT COMBINES WITH A NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES AND MOVES
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL DEVELOP
ON SATURDAY WITHIN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE
MAIN STORM SYSTEM AND SURFACE TROUGH. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BEGIN TO ROTATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONG WIND SHEAR IN
PLACE. SOME OF THESE ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
SATURDAY EVENING. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY UPDATES REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SCENARIO. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SATURDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY DEVELOP INTO A SQUALL LINE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE POSSIBLE AND FLASH FLOODING MAY BECOME AN ISSUE ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED ABUNDANT RAINFALL THE PREVIOUS DAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM SHOULD CLEAR THE AREA BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

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