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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
323 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011

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323 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WITH BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...BOATERS ARE URGED
TO EXERCISE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH DRY CONDITIONS HAS RESULTED IN ELEVATED
TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE AND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A RED FLAG
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE LOCATIONS UNTIL 9 PM CDT. ELEVATED
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 9 PM CDT.

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

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE DUE TO BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE
TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY IN THE EASTERN
PANHANDLES...GENERALLY FOR LOCATIONS OFF THE CAPROCK. ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP BOTH DAYS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG WIND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TOMORROW AND THURSDAY IF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP.

AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
ELEVATED AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND TUESDAY.

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JOHNSON