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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
437 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

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437 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
COMBINE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT TO 
CREATE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE BREEZY TO
WINDY CONDITIONS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH THIS EVENING. 
IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...A FEW MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

MARGINALLY ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS
OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY DUE TO SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ALONG
WITH FORECAST MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 15 TO 20
PERCENT. 

ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES
DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. 

IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL
AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
IF ANY STORMS DEVELOP DURING THESE TIME PERIODS...SOME MAY BE STRONG...
WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.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 THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WEDNESDAY
...THURSDAY...AND ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
SUNDAY. 

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ANDRADE