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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1147 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

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1147 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA...AND IN PARTICULAR...ALONG
A DRYLINE THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED FROM NEAR TULIA TO NEAR
JAYTON BY MID AFTERNOON. ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE
DRYLINE...WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
WEST OF THE DRYLINE ...ISOLATED HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

FIRE WEATHER
VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR WILL PRODUCE AN ELEVATED FIRE
DANGER ACROSS MOST OF THE CAPROCK THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING. A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
ALONG A DRYLINE EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED NEAR OF JUST EAST OF THE
I-27/HIGHWAY 87 CORRIDOR. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.

ON SATURDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN
PORTIONS AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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