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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
330 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL CONTINUES TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN HALF
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

.ANOTHER WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AN AREA THAT CONTINUES TO HAVE ABUNDANT
TROPICAL MOISTURE AND SATURATED SOILS IN PLACE. THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL IS HIGHEST ALONG AND EAST OF A LLANO TO COMFORT TO
JOURDANTON LINE...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
8 AM SUNDAY MORNING. EXPECT SPOTTY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE GENERALLY
EAST OF I-35 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10.

TXC013-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-149-171-177-187-209-255-259-
285-287-299-453-491-493-261300-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130526T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATASCOSA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DEWITT-
FAYETTE-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES-KENDALL-LAVACA-
LEE-LLANO-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...BASTROP...SAN ANTONIO...
BLANCO...BURNET...LOCKHART...NEW BRAUNFELS...CUERO...LA GRANGE...
FREDERICKSBURG...GONZALES...SEGUIN...SAN MARCOS...KARNES CITY...
BOERNE...HALLETTSVILLE...GIDDINGS...LLANO...AUSTIN...GEORGETOWN...
FLORESVILLE
330 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...ATASCOSA...
  BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...COMAL...
  DEWITT...FAYETTE...GILLESPIE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...
  KARNES...KENDALL...LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON
  AND WILSON.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* EXPECTED HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT.

* DUE TO SATURATED SOILS...ANY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT DEVELOP WILL
  QUICKLY PRODUCE RUNOFF AND A FLASH FLOOD THREAT. RIVER RISES
  HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN SOME LOCATIONS AND WILL BE PRONE TO
  ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR
THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...PLAN NOW FOR WHAT
YOU WILL DO IF FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. STAY INFORMED AND BE
READY TO ACT IF YOU SEE FLOODING OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS
ISSUED.

&&

$$


Special Weather Statement


SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
742 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXZ107-260115-
HOPKINS TX-
742 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY

AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF SULPHUR SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH
AT 15 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE COMO.

PEA-SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3296 9531 3296 9549 3336 9554 3335 9552
      3335 9549 3337 9543 3336 9534 3337 9531
      3323 9530 3297 9530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 177DEG 11KT 3316 9540

$$


DUNN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
713 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

ARZ059-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-260115-
BOWIE-LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-
713 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     LITTLE RIVER...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
     MCCURTAIN...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     RED RIVER AND BOWIE...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     ARKINDA...FOREMAN...WINTHROP...DE KALB...HOOKS AND NEW BOSTON...

AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DE KALB...MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

$$


Hazardous Weather Outlook


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
704 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-261200-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
704 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER... NO ORGANIZED AREAS OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION...
A DISORGANIZED AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM
THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA...DOWN TO THE RED RIVER IN SOUTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. WITH VERY WEAK UPPER LEVEL
WINDS...ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...AND OVERALL ACTIVITY
SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY MAY 26.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...10 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
AT LEAST LOW THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND AND INTO
NEXT WEEK WITH THE GREATEST STORM CHANCES ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
AS STRONGER UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
SUNDAY...WITH UPDATES AS NEEDED.

$$

MAXWELL/AUSTIN

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-261000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...ALL EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.  A GRADUAL INCREASE IN COVERAGE IS EXPECTED
ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATER THIS EVENING.  AMPLE
INSTABILITY IS AVAILABLE FOR A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...
HOWEVER A LACK OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL LIMIT THE SEVERE
WEATHER POTENTIAL.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
SMALL HAIL AND POSSIBLY LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.  THE RISK
OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL LESSEN FURTHER DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED GIVEN THE ISOLATED
COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AS A SLOW MOVING
DISTURBANCE CROSSES SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  WARMER AND WINDY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH A GRADUAL
INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR MID TO LATE WEEK AS A STRONGER
STORM SYSTEM SPREADS INTO THE PLAINS STATES.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
415 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261200-
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-
FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
415 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. MOST OF THE RAINFALL
TONIGHT WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AS THE UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TRACK EAST...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL...
GENERALLY EAST OF LLANO TO COMFORT TO JOURDANTON LINE THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY. ANY RAINFALL IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ON SATURDAY WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS. ADDITIONAL
SPOTTY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 6 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF I-35 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY...
AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TRACK EAST...RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
401 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-261200-
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-
401 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE
MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35/35E CORRIDOR. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF INTERSTATE 35
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

$$

82/JLD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
251 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-262000-
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO-
CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-
TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE-
MASON-
251 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS..THEY MAY STILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS A GREAT DEAL
OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE IS AT LEAST THE POTENTIAL
FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOME PORTION OF THE
AREA. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS
WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT TONIGHT.

$$

15

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1131 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXZ021>044-261645-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1131 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PRIMARILY THE WESTERN
PANHANDLE INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS
COULD ORGANIZE AND BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING...MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND FAR WESTERN SOUTH
PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65
MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND...PRIMARILY LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. AN INCREASED THREAT FOR MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK WILL BE POSSIBLE
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND FAR WESTERN
SOUTH PLAINS.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1109 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>072-LAZ001>004-010>012-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-261200-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-
BIENVILLE-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-
MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-
SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1109 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
WITH DAYTIME HEATING...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THE BEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS NORTHEAST TEXAS.
LATER TONIGHT...THIS THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE COULD INCREASE FURTHER
EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AS
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO OUR REGION FROM THE WEST.

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

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING LATE
SUNDAY BUT THEY WILL BE BACK IN THE FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF THE
REGION FOR THE LATE HALF OF THE WORK WEEK. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON
OR TONIGHT.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
527 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

GMZ430-432-435-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-
216-259>262-261030-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-
BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-
ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-
ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-
SOUTHERN NEWTON-
527 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE REGION WILL COMBINE WITH
A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED BUT SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN HAZARDS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AS AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...NO
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

$$


Short Term Forecast


SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
758 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

ARZ050-051-059>061-070-071-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-260300-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...
MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA
758 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST TEXAS...NEAR THE ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE LINES. THIS
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN AFFECTING PLACES SUCH AS NEW BOSTON AND TALCO
TEXAS AND IS ABOUT TO AFFECT TOWNS SUCH AS IDABEL
OKLAHOMA...FOREMAN AND ASHDOWN ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND HAIL. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR.
RAINFALL TOTALS WILL VARY FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO AS MUCH AS
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN.

$$

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
758 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

LAZ001>005-010>013-017>020-TXZ126-137-138-150>153-166-167-260300-
CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-
BIENVILLE-JACKSON-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-MARION-GREGG-
HARRISON-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...
HOMER...RUSTON...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...JEFFERSON...LONGVIEW...
MARSHALL...HENDERSON...CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...
SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL
758 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.NOW...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF DEEP EAST
TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...PRIMARILY ALONG THE
STATE LINE...FROM MANY TO SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO MARSHALL TEXAS. THIS
ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MILES PER HOUR...BRINGING
GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
TOWNS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS INCLUDE
SHREVEPORT...MINDEN AND PLAIN DEALING LOUISIANA AS WELL AS
CARTHAGE...MARSHALL AND JEFFERSON TEXAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
LIKELY BE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO AS MUCH AS ONE INCH.

$$

20

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
746 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXZ173-191>194-205>209-220>225-260300-
WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-
FAYETTE-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...
BASTROP...GIDDINGS...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...
LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...
GONZALES...CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE
746 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.NOW...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THROUGH 9 PM...ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE...MOVING SLOWLY
NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE COASTAL PLAINS.
SPOTTY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS.

$$

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
659 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

LAZ027>033-041>045-TXZ180-201-259>262-260200-
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-
HARDIN-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-
SOUTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA...
PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...
MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...
OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH...
LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...LAFAYETTE...
BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...
LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...
DEWEYVILLE
659 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.NOW...
OVER THE LAST HOUR...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA HAVE BEEN WEAKENING. BY 9 PM...EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY TO HAVE WEAKENED TO MAINLY SHOWERS. UNTIL
THEN...BEAUREGARD... VERNON...ALLEN...RAPIDES AND EVANGELINE
PARISHES WILL SEE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND RAINFALL RATES NEAR 1
1/2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

$$

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