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TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
100 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2009

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100 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...

HOT WEATHER TODAY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM THE
UPPER 90S TO 109 DEGREES. CONDITIONS WILL APPROACH HEAT ADVISORY
CRITERIA ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES AS LOW
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL ONLY DROP TO THE MID 70S AND AFTERNOON HEAT
INDEX VALUES WILL CLIMB NEAR OR ABOVE 105 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

HOT WEATHER CONTINUES ON FRIDAY AND WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES
FROM THE MID 90S TO NEAR 105 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE
HIGHEST OVER THE EASTERN PANHANDLES ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS OFF THE
CAPROCK.

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CIMARRON
COUNTY OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ACROSS ALL OF
THE OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES FRIDAY EVENING.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...
BUT A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AT TIMES.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLES
THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE HOT CONDITIONS PERSIST AND
FUELS BEGIN TO DRY OUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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SJOHNSON