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<B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFF00"><FONT size="+2">What is Severe Weather?</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0">The NWS has developed specific criteria for severe weather:</B></FONT></FONT></FONT><B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0"><BR>
Winds at or above 50 knots (or 58 mph). This is when light structural damage can be caused. In the old days of the Weather Bureau, when the stations were located at airports, 50 knots was when aircraft sustained damage.<BR>
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