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1. Blowing Dust Advisory for: Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin

2. Blowing Dust Advisory for: Southern Hudspeth Highlands; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County

3. Blowing Dust Warning for: Reeves County Plains; Davis Mountains Foothills

4. Fire Weather Watch for: Upton; Terrell

5. Flood Warning for: Angelina, TX; Cherokee, TX; Nacogdoches, TX

6. Flood Warning for: Gregg, TX; Smith, TX; Upshur, TX; Wood, TX

7. Flood Watch for: Montague; Cooke; Young; Jack

8. Red Flag Warning for: Gaines; Dawson; Borden; Scurry; Andrews; Martin; Howard; Mitchell; Ector

9. Rip Current Statement for: Aransas Islands; Kleberg Islands; Nueces Islands; Calhoun Islands

10. Rip Current Statement for: Matagorda Islands; Brazoria Islands; Galveston Island; Bolivar Peninsula

11. Wind Advisory for: Live Oak; Bee; Goliad; Victoria; Duval; Jim Wells; Inland Kleberg; Inland Nueces; Inland San Patricio; Coastal Aransas; Inland Refugio; Inland Calhoun; Coastal Kleberg; Coastal Nueces; Coastal San Patricio; Coastal Refugio; Coastal Calhoun

12. Wind Advisory for: Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

Next Topic: Snow