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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
347 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2011

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347 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE DUE TO WEST
TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
MPH...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT...AND DRY
GRASSES. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL
AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...CAUSING WINDS TO SWITCH TO THE NORTHEAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS MAINLY THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN
PANHANDLES ON SUNDAY...AND LINGER OVER THE FAR EASTERN PANHANDLES ON
MONDAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED DURING
THESE TIMES...A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL BEING THE
PRIMARY THREAT.

ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP
MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES MONDAY AND ACROSS
ALL OF THE PANHANDLES ON TUESDAY AS DRY SOUTHWEST WINDS RETURN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR 
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...AND FOR ELEVATED TO
NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
PANHANDLES MONDAY AND ACROSS ALL OF THE PANHANDLES ON TUESDAY.

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