647 FLUS44 KLUB 182026 HWOLUB HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 326 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 TXZ021>044-192030- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 326 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A MEMPHIS TO JAYTON LINE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 3 PM ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE AND THE ROLLING PLAINS IN THE VICINITY OF THE DRYLINE. AMPLE MOISTURE EAST OF THE DRYLINE AND SOME HELP FROM AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME STORMS QUICKLY BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THERE IS A SMALL THREAT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO. FIRE WEATHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON THE CAPROCK THIS AFTERNOON AS HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TAKE PLACE. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. $$