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Southern wildfires keep PL4 pressure on; Guadalupe River flood warning at Victoria · EM Morning Brief

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  Good
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  morning.
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  I'm
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  Cedric
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  and
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  This
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  is
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  your
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  EM
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  Morning
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  Brief
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  for
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  Monday,
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  May
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  4,
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  2026
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  and
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  today's
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  episode
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  is
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  sponsored
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  by
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  the
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  NIM
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  Store.
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  The
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  National
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  Interagency
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  Fire
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  center
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  reports
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  the
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  country
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  at
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  preparedness
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  level
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  2
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  with
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  20
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  uncontained
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  large
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  fires
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  burning
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  and
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  69
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  new
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  starts
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  logged
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  Sunday,
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  while
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  the
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  southern
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  geographic
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  area
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  sits
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  at
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  preparedness
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  level
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  four
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  on
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  the
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  strength
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  of
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  stubborn
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  brush
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  and
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  bay
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  fuel
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  fires
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  across
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  south
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  Georgia
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  and
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  the
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  Florida
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  Georgia
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  line.
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  Year
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  to
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  date,
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  more
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  than
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  1.84
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  million
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  acres
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  have
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  already
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  burned,
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  running
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  ahead
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  of
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  the
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  10
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  year
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  average
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  for
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  early
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  May,
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  and
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  roughly
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  2,400
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  personnel
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  and
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  two
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  complex
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  incident
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  management
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  teams
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  remain
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  assigned
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  to
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  active
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  wildland
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  incidents.
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  Official
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  update
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  published
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  this
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  morning
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  the
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  US
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  Geological
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  Survey's
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  Hawaiian
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  Volcano
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  Observatory
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  says
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  Kilauea
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  remains
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  paused
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  between
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  fountaining
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  episodes
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  with
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  the
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  volcano
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  alert
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  level
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  at
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  advisory
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  and
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  the
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  aviation
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  color
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  code
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  at
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  yellow
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  tilt
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  and
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  glow
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  patterns
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  at
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  Halemaumau
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  point
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  to
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  episode
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  46
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  lava
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  fountaining
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  within
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  a
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  forecast
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  window
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  that
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  opens
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  today
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  and
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  runs
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  through
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  Thursday,
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  May
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  7,
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  with
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  Breezy
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  north
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  northeast
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  winds
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  at
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  the
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  summit
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  potentially
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  shaping
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  VOG
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  dispersion
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  if
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  onset.
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  OCC
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  the
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  NOAA
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  Storm
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  Prediction
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  center
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  carried
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  a
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  marginal
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  severe
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  outlook
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  into
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  Sunday
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  evening
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  across
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  northern
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  and
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  eastern
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  Missouri
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  and
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  south
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  central
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  Illinois,
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  citing
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  risk
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  of
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  large
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  hail
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  and
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  an
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  isolated
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  tornado
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  near
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  a
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  triple
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  point
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  and
• 2:01
  trailing
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  cold
• 2:02
  front.
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  Separately,
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  the
• 2:05
  National
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  Weather
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  Service
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  in
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  Corpus
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  Christi
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  has
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  a
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  flood
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  warning
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  in
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  force
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  for
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  the
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  Guadalupe
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  river
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  at
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  Victoria,
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  Texas,
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  with
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  a
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  river
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  forecast
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  to
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  rise
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  above
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  flood
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  stage
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  early
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  today
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  and
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  crest
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  at
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  minor
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  flood
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  levels
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  into
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  Tuesday.
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  The
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  National
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  Hurricane
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  center
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  has
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  no
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  active
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  tropical
• 2:21
  cyclones
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  routine.
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  Eastern
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  Pacific
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  tropical
• 2:24
  weather
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  outlooks
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  resume
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  May
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  15th.
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  Let's
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  run
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  through
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  the
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  states.
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  Alaska
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  the
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  U.S.
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  geological
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  Survey
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  recorded
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  a
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  magnitude
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  4.6
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  earthquake
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  at
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  a
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  shallow
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  depth
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  in
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  the
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  Gulf
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  of
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  Alaska
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  south
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  southeast
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  of
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  False
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  Pass
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  on
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  Sunday
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  morning.
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  The
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  event
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  was
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  below
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  tsunami
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  generating
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  thresholds
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  and
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  produced
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  no
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  advisories
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  from
• 2:45
  the
• 2:45
  National
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  Tsunami
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  Warning
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  center,
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  but
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  it
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  underscores
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  ongoing
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  aftershock
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  activity
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  along
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  the
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  Alaska
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  Peninsula
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  segment
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  of
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  the
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  Aleutian
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  Arc.
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  Florida
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  remains
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  under
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  elevated
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  wildfire
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  pressure
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  tied
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  to
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  prolonged
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  drought
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  across
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  the
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  northern
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  peninsula
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  and
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  the
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  Big
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  Bend.
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  Smoke
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  and
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  access
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  impacts
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  continue
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  from
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  the
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  Pineland
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  Road
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  fire
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  just
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  over
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  the
• 3:07
  Georgia
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  line
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  and
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  the
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  Storm
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  Prediction
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  center
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  notes
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  a
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  marginal
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  risk
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  of
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  excessive
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  rainfall
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  over
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  over
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  the
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  Southeast
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  Peninsula
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  today
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  with
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  hourly
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  rates
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  that
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  could
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  approach
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  2
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  inches
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  in
• 3:18
  heavier
• 3:18
  cells.
• 3:19
  Georgia
• 3:20
  the
• 3:20
  Highway
• 3:21
  82
• 3:21
  fire
• 3:21
  in
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  Brantley
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  and
• 3:22
  Atkinson
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  counties
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  stands
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  at
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  roughly
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  22,500
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  acres
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  with
• 3:26
  45%
• 3:27
  containment
• 3:28
  after
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  recent
• 3:29
  light
• 3:29
  rain
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  helped
• 3:30
  crews
• 3:30
  secure
• 3:31
  additional
• 3:31
  line.
• 3:32
  Evacuations
• 3:33
  and
• 3:33
  road
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  closures
• 3:34
  remain
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  in
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  effect
• 3:35
  and
• 3:35
  the
• 3:35
  cause
• 3:36
  has
• 3:36
  been
• 3:36
  traced
• 3:36
  to
• 3:37
  a
• 3:37
  Mylar
• 3:37
  balloon
• 3:38
  contacting
• 3:38
  an
• 3:39
  energized
• 3:39
  power
• 3:39
  line.
• 3:41
  The
• 3:41
  Pineland
• 3:42
  Road
• 3:42
  fire
• 3:42
  in
• 3:42
  Clinch
• 3:43
  and
• 3:43
  Echols
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  counties
• 3:44
  is
• 3:44
  reported
• 3:44
  at
• 3:45
  32,575
• 3:47
  acres
• 3:47
  with
• 3:48
  44%
• 3:49
  containment
• 3:49
  in
• 3:49
  heavy
• 3:50
  southern
• 3:50
  rough
• 3:50
  fuels.
• 3:51
  The
• 3:51
  mandatory
• 3:52
  evacuation
• 3:52
  order
• 3:53
  for
• 3:53
  Eccles
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  County's
• 3:54
  Fruitland
• 3:54
  community
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  was
• 3:55
  lifted
• 3:55
  Friday,
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  but
• 3:56
  evacuation
• 3:57
  alerts
• 3:57
  persist
• 3:58
  along
• 3:58
  several
• 3:58
  rural
• 3:59
  roads
• 3:59
  and
• 4:00
  animal
• 4:00
  evacuation
• 4:01
  shelters
• 4:01
  remain
• 4:02
  operational.
• 4:04
  The
• 4:04
  Atlanta
• 4:05
  Department
• 4:05
  of
• 4:05
  Watershed
• 4:06
  Management's
• 4:06
  boil
• 4:07
  water
• 4:07
  advisory
• 4:08
  for
• 4:08
  the
• 4:08
  city
• 4:08
  of
• 4:08
  Fairburn
• 4:09
  and
• 4:09
  the
• 4:09
  city
• 4:09
  of
• 4:10
  South
• 4:10
  Fulton
• 4:11
  issued
• 4:11
  Saturday
• 4:12
  after
• 4:12
  a
• 4:12
  power
• 4:12
  outage
• 4:13
  at
• 4:13
  the
• 4:13
  Adamsville
• 4:14
  pump
• 4:14
  station
• 4:15
  was
• 4:15
  still
• 4:15
  in
• 4:15
  place
• 4:16
  Sunday
• 4:16
  evening
• 4:16
  pending
• 4:17
  sampling
• 4:17
  clearance.
• 4:19
  Residents
• 4:19
  are
• 4:20
  continuing
• 4:20
  to
• 4:20
  boil
• 4:21
  water
• 4:21
  for
• 4:21
  drinking,
• 4:22
  cooking
• 4:22
  and
• 4:22
  brushing
• 4:23
  teeth.
• 4:24
  Official
• 4:24
  utility
• 4:25
  update
• 4:25
  issued
• 4:26
  36
• 4:27
  hours
• 4:27
  ago
• 4:27
  with
• 4:28
  active
• 4:28
  operational
• 4:29
  impact
• 4:31
  the
• 4:31
  Hawaiian
• 4:31
  Volcano
• 4:32
  Observatory's
• 4:33
  May
• 4:33
  3
• 4:33
  daily
• 4:34
  update
• 4:34
  places
• 4:35
  Kilauea
• 4:35
  in
• 4:36
  a
• 4:36
  paused
• 4:36
  state
• 4:36
  ahead
• 4:37
  of
• 4:37
  expected
• 4:37
  episode
• 4:38
  46
• 4:39
  fountaining
• 4:39
  between
• 4:40
  today
• 4:40
  and
• 4:40
  Thursday.
• 4:41
  There
• 4:41
  is
• 4:42
  no
• 4:42
  eruption
• 4:42
  underway
• 4:43
  at
• 4:43
  present
• 4:43
  and
• 4:44
  air
• 4:44
  quality
• 4:44
  and
• 4:45
  access
• 4:45
  guidance
• 4:45
  for
• 4:46
  Hawaii
• 4:46
  Volcanoes
• 4:47
  national
• 4:47
  park
• 4:47
  reflects
• 4:48
  the
• 4:48
  advisory.
• 4:48
  Yellow
• 4:49
  posture
• 4:51
  Illinois
• 4:51
  A
• 4:51
  severe
• 4:52
  thunderstorm
• 4:52
  warning
• 4:53
  was
• 4:53
  issued
• 4:53
  by
• 4:53
  the
• 4:53
  National
• 4:54
  Weather
• 4:54
  Service
• 4:54
  in
• 4:55
  Lincoln,
• 4:55
  Illinois
• 4:56
  late
• 4:56
  Sunday
• 4:56
  evening
• 4:57
  as
• 4:58
  storms
• 4:58
  developed
• 4:59
  near
• 4:59
  the
• 4:59
  surface
• 4:59
  front
• 5:00
  consistent
• 5:01
  with
• 5:01
  the
• 5:01
  Storm
• 5:01
  Prediction
• 5:02
  Center's
• 5:02
  Day
• 5:02
  One
• 5:03
  outlook
• 5:03
  for
• 5:03
  hail
• 5:04
  and
• 5:04
  isolated
• 5:05
  severe
• 5:05
  gusts
• 5:06
  in
• 5:07
  south
• 5:07
  central
• 5:07
  Illinois.
• 5:10
  Missouri
• 5:11
  Severe
• 5:11
  storm
• 5:11
  potential
• 5:12
  for
• 5:12
  hail
• 5:12
  and
• 5:13
  a
• 5:13
  brief
• 5:13
  tornado
• 5:13
  was
• 5:14
  carried
• 5:14
  into
• 5:14
  Sunday
• 5:14
  evening
• 5:15
  across
• 5:15
  northern
• 5:16
  and
• 5:16
  eastern
• 5:16
  Missouri
• 5:17
  per
• 5:17
  the
• 5:17
  SPC
• 5:18
  outlook.
• 5:19
  No
• 5:19
  federal
• 5:20
  disaster
• 5:20
  declaration
• 5:21
  or
• 5:21
  large
• 5:22
  scale
• 5:22
  damage
• 5:23
  report
• 5:23
  tied
• 5:23
  to
• 5:24
  Sunday's
• 5:24
  activity
• 5:25
  has
• 5:25
  been
• 5:25
  published
• 5:25
  as
• 5:26
  of
• 5:26
  this
• 5:26
  writing.
• 5:29
  A
• 5:29
  flood
• 5:29
  warning
• 5:30
  is
• 5:30
  in
• 5:30
  effect
• 5:30
  from
• 5:30
  the
• 5:31
  National
• 5:31
  Weather
• 5:31
  Service
• 5:32
  in
• 5:32
  Corpus
• 5:32
  Christi
• 5:33
  for
• 5:33
  the
• 5:33
  Guadalupe
• 5:34
  river
• 5:34
  at
• 5:34
  Victoria
• 5:35
  with
• 5:35
  minor
• 5:36
  flooding
• 5:36
  forecast
• 5:37
  through
• 5:37
  Tuesday
• 5:37
  evening.
• 5:39
  The
• 5:39
  river
• 5:39
  is
• 5:39
  expected
• 5:40
  to
• 5:40
  rise
• 5:40
  above
• 5:41
  flood
• 5:41
  stage
• 5:41
  early
• 5:42
  today
• 5:42
  and
• 5:42
  crest
• 5:43
  at
• 5:43
  roughly
• 5:43
  22ft,
• 5:45
  with
• 5:45
  low
• 5:45
  lying
• 5:45
  access
• 5:46
  points
• 5:46
  and
• 5:47
  agricultural
• 5:47
  areas
• 5:48
  the
• 5:48
  primary
• 5:48
  concern.
• 5:50
  Residents
• 5:50
  in
• 5:50
  flood
• 5:51
  prone
• 5:51
  areas
• 5:51
  of
• 5:51
  Victoria
• 5:52
  county
• 5:52
  are
• 5:53
  urged
• 5:53
  to
• 5:53
  monitor
• 5:54
  local
• 5:54
  guidance.
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  All
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