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WARNING! Gustnadoes Ahead (6') 2008
solo flute and soundtrack (CD)

Official Weather Bulletin

WARNING! Gustnadoes Ahead

This is a warning that unexpected Gustnado conditions are imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions. Listen for updated statements.

Please take shelter if you experience sudden explosions of sound, twirling figures or any other unusual sound formations. Expect some isolated electronic by-products. Above all take shelter from the eye of the storm.

Gustnadoes, short-lived, shallow, generally weak tornados found along a gust front, are usually visualized by a rotating dust or debris cloud.

Please refer to the latest public forecasts for further details.

WARNING! Gustnadoes Ahead for solo flute and CD was commissioned by The National Flute Association for the 2008 High-School Soloist Competition in Kansas City, Missouri August 7-10, 2008 The soundtrack is made up mostly of transformed flute sounds, some of which emulate sudden swirling figures, others a sudden explosion and some granularised: sounds that are stretched in time, or are granules, short and fast. And there are many other transformations, plus a few electronic sounds. The solo flute interacts with these sounds