Weather Alerts for Texas

Recent Locations: Oral, SD Sherrill, NY Abilene, TX

Current Alerts for Abilene, TX: Flood Advisory Severe Thunderstorm Watch

1. Beach Hazards Statement for: Matagorda Islands; Brazoria Islands; Galveston Island; Bolivar Peninsula

2. Flood Advisory for: Brown, TX; Coleman, TX; McCulloch, TX

3. Flood Advisory for: Callahan, TX; Coleman, TX; Jones, TX; Runnels, TX; Shackelford, TX; Taylor, TX; Throckmorton, TX

4. Flood Advisory for: Clay, TX; Wichita, TX

5. Flood Advisory for: Concho, TX; Irion, TX; Schleicher, TX; Sutton, TX; Tom Green, TX

6. Flood Warning for: Anderson, TX; Cherokee, TX; Houston, TX

7. Flood Warning for: Anderson, TX; Cherokee, TX; Houston, TX; Trinity, TX

8. Flood Warning for: Angelina, TX; Houston, TX; Polk, TX; Trinity, TX; Tyler, TX

9. Flood Warning for: Angelina, TX; Nacogdoches, TX

10. Flood Warning for: Dallas, TX

11. Flood Warning for: Franklin, TX; Morris, TX; Red River, TX; Titus, TX

12. Flood Warning for: Henderson, TX; Navarro, TX

13. Flood Warning for: Nacogdoches, TX; Rusk, TX; San Augustine, TX; Shelby, TX

14. Flood Warning for: Polk, TX; San Jacinto, TX; Trinity, TX; Walker, TX

15. Flood Warning for: Smith, TX; Wood, TX

16. Flood Warning for: Wise, TX

17. Flood Watch for: Burleson; Washington; Montgomery; Northern Liberty; Southern Liberty

18. Flood Watch for: Fisher; Haskell; Throckmorton; Jones; Shackelford

19. Flood Watch for: Houston; Trinity; Madison; Walker; San Jacinto; Polk; Brazos; Grimes

20. Flood Watch for: Montague; Cooke; Grayson; Fannin; Lamar; Young; Jack; Wise; Denton; Collin; Hunt; Delta; Hopkins; Stephens; Palo Pinto; Parker; Tarrant; Dallas; Rockwall; Kaufman; Van Zandt; Rains; Ellis; Henderson; Navarro; Freestone; Anderson; Limestone; Leon; Robertson

21. Flood Watch for: Parmer; Castro; Swisher; Briscoe; Hall; Childress; Bailey; Lamb; Hale; Floyd; Motley; Cottle; Cochran; Hockley; Lubbock; Crosby; Dickens; King; Yoakum; Terry; Lynn; Garza; Kent; Stonewall

22. Flood Watch for: Wilbarger; Wichita

23. Rip Current Statement for: Kenedy Island; Willacy Island; Cameron Island

24. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Blanco, TX; Gillespie, TX; Kendall, TX

25. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Eastland, TX

26. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Bandera, TX; Edwards, TX; Kerr, TX; Real, TX

27. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Bell, TX; Comanche, TX; Coryell, TX; Eastland, TX; Erath, TX; Hamilton, TX; Lampasas, TX; Mills, TX; Palo Pinto, TX; Stephens, TX

28. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Blanco, TX; Burnet, TX; Gillespie, TX; Hays, TX; Llano, TX; Travis, TX; Williamson, TX

29. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Brown, TX; Callahan, TX; Coleman, TX; Concho, TX; Jones, TX; Kimble, TX; McCulloch, TX; Mason, TX; Menard, TX; Runnels, TX; San Saba, TX; Schleicher, TX; Shackelford, TX; Sutton, TX; Taylor, TX

30. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Kendall, TX; Medina, TX

31. Special Weather Statement for: Concho; Coleman; McCulloch

32. Tornado Warning for: Blanco, TX; Gillespie, TX

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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Next Topic: Cumulonimbus Clouds

A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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