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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
146 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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146 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND
NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED...BUT A COUPLE OF STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR THE
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
AND STRONG WINDS. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND CENTRAL TEXAS
PANHANDLE AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROP TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT WITH
WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE
NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. ANY
STORMS THAT FORM DURING THESE DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME.

.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 TODAY AND MONDAY.

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