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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
310 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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310 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE
WESTERN ONE THIRD OF THE PANHANDLES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
THE EASTERN PANHANDLES. IF STORMS DEVELOP...THEY COULD BE SEVERE
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. STRONG
STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN
PANHANDLES ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
NORTHWESTERN PANHANDLES ON MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS MOST OF THE PANHANDLES.
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BUT ESPECIALLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLES.

ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES SATURDAY WHERE A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE ON MONDAY. ELEVATED FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE
WESTERN PANHANDLES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN
PANHANDLES SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

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

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JACKSON