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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
950 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014

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950 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

AREAS OF FOG MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES
LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ALL BUT THE FAR
SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

AREAS OF FOG REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES MAY
LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS.

A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND LIGHT SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WITH
THE HIGHEST TOTALS FORECAST TO BE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND ONE INCH OR LESS. ANY ICE
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

WIND CHILL VALUES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO BETWEEN 5 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO AND 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN
AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THURSDAY
AFTERNOON DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY.

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