000 FLUS44 KAMA 082048 HWOAMA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 348 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-091100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 348 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 3 TO 15 PERCENT...AND DRY GRASSES WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS BEING THE MAIN HAZARD. CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. ELEVATED TO POSSIBLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE PANHANDLES FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. ANY STORMS THAT FORM DURING THESE PERIODS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THURSDAY. $$ JACKSON