Hazardous Weather Outlook
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
303 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-
FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
303 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE EASTERN
THREE QUARTERS OF NORTH TEXAS...AND A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WITH THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING
NEAR THE RED RIVER IN THE MORNING...SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST
AHEAD OF THE FRONT DURING THE DAY.

THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL LARGER THAN
TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE TORNADO THREAT
WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY...WITH STRONG LONG TRACK TORNADOES A
POSSIBILITY. BY MID AFTERNOON THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE
INTO A SQUALL LINE...INCREASING THE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND
POTENTIAL. THE SQUALL LINE SHOULD EXIT THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES
BY LATE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS WEDNESDAY EVENING IN THE
NORTHWEST AND THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING GENERALLY NORTH OF
THE I-20 CORRIDOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY BEGINNING IN THE MORNING FOR COUNTIES
NEAR THE RED RIVER...EXTENDING SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS
DURING THE DAY AND EVENING.

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