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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1144 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2014

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1144 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. THE INITIAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE ALONG A
NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST LINE STRETCHING FROM ROUGHLY CASTRO AND
SWISHER COUNTIES TO PERHAPS TERRY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL THEN
LIKELY GRADUALLY INCREASE IN STRENGTH AS THEY PROGRESS EASTWARD
INTO A MORE SUITABLE ENVIRONMENT. THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL EXIST FROM ROUGHLY THE VICINITY OF THE CAPROCK
ESCARPMENT AND EASTWARD INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS. A FEW OF THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OF THE DAY MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. IN
ADDITION...A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED
OUT...HOWEVER...THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS OCCURRING APPEARS TO BE
LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FOR THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS
AND ROLLING PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...THE
PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND MOST OF THE ROLLING
PLAINS.

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