(Paraphrased from office e-mail, with little or no tonal change)

Warning! Our area is under a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING, with threats of heavy rain, flash flooding, and hail, until 7:00. Rainfall may reach three inches; there will be a flash flood watch in effect until 7:AM tomorrow morning.

Kendall, Gillespie, and all areas south of Austin will be under this flash flood warning.

Under these circumstances, please save your work frequently, by using [command-S] on your Macintosh and [ctrl-S] on your PC.