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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
840 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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840 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS
THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MOST OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EXCEPT THE FAR
EASTERN SECTION DUE TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT. A RED
FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

ELEVATED TO MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
SUNDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE DUE TO WEST WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH FORECAST MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10
TO 15 PERCENT.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR MONDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE DUE TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN ACROSS
THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT FORM ON THESE TWO DAYS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS ALL OF THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. IF STORMS FORM...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS
EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

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