549 FLUS44 KLUB 181034 HWOLUB HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 534 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 TXZ021>044-191045- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 534 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE AND EASTERN ROLLING PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL INCLUDE LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. FIRE WEATHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON THE CAPROCK THIS AFTERNOON AS HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TAKE PLACE. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. $$