Hazardous Weather Outlook
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
500 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
500 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE HILL COUNTRY THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST THIS EVENING INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY
AFTER 8 PM AND THROUGH 3 AM. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY THEN AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXPAND
OVER THE REGION LEADING TO DRIER AND HOTTER WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MIGHT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

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WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
500 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS FOR AREAS GENERALLY JUST
NORTH OF A COLLEGE STATION TO CROCKETT LINE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE HILL
COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST THIS EVENING INTO SOUTHEAST
TEXAS. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS
WITH A LESSER THREAT OF HAIL AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE
STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE COLLEGE STATION AND CROCKETT
AREAS CLOSE TO 6 PM AND THEN MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
REMAINING OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST THIS EVENING
THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BEGIN TO STABILIZE AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
WEAKEN AS THE MOVE INTO THE CONROE TO LIVINGSTON AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR
AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR.  AN UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXPAND OVER THE REGION THURSDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY LEADING TO DRIER AND HOTTER WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT.

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