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

LAZ010-017-260030-
DE SOTO-SABINE-
625 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     SABINE AND DE SOTO...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     CONVERSE...LOGANSPORT...MANSFIELD...MANY...STONEWALL AND
     ZWOLLE...

AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CONVERSE...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF
MANSFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

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

$$

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
608 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXZ080-081-260015-
BIG BEND AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-
608 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
EAST CENTRAL PRESIDIO AND WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM
CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL PRESIDIO COUNTY
AT 608 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...DEADLY
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK
SAFE SHELTER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3000 10382 2977 10360 2959 10391 2969 10403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 221DEG 11KT 2970 10392

$$

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

TXZ125-126-138-252345-
HARRISON-MARION-UPSHUR-
538 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     HARRISON...MARION AND UPSHUR...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     BEREA...CEDAR SPRINGS...DIANA...HALLSVILLE...HARLETON...
     JEFFERSON...MARSHALL...ORE CITY AND WOODLAWN...

AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALL...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

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

$$
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
818 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-261200-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DESOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...CHIEFLAND...CRYSTAL RIVER...
INVERNESS...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...
NEW PORT RICHEY...ZEPHYRHILLS...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG...
BRANDON...TAMPA...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...BRADENTON...
WAUCHULA...SEBRING...AVON PARK...NORTH PORT...SARASOTA...VENICE...
ARCADIA...PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS
818 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...ROUGH BOATING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND...

ROUGH BOATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES OVER THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND INLAND LAKES ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
TO THE NORTH OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.

OVER THE EASTERN GULF WATERS...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 15
AND 20 KNOTS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS
DURING THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL RETURN THIS
EVENING WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH SOME HIGHER
GUSTS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. THE WINDS
WILL DIMINISH ONCE AGAIN LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH AN
INCREASE TO EXERCISE CAUTION LEVELS EXPECTED SUNDAY EVENING.

SEAS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET TODAY THEN BUILD TO 3 TO 5
FEET AWAY FROM THE COAST BY LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FEET ONCE AGAIN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

OVER THE INLAND LAKES OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THE
BREEZY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE MORNING
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY. WINDS ON THE LAKES ARE EXPECTED
TO BE AROUND 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 25 KNOTS AT TIMES.

BOATERS VENTURING OUT INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AS WELL AS
THOSE STAYING ON THE INLAND LAKES THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SHOULD
PREPARE FOR ROUGH CONDITIONS.

$$

PRC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
256 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-260000-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-
256 AM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH
EARLY EVENING...

TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S WITH DEWPOINTS MAINLY IN THE 30S
WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 25 PERCENT OR LESS FOR
SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW HUMIDITY IN COMBINATION WITH
DRY FUELS WILL ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER TODAY.

PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL BURN PERMITTING AUTHORITIES ON WHETHER
YOU CAN BURN TODAY. IF YOU DO BURN...USE EXTREME CAUTION SINCE
FIRES CAN QUICKLY GET OUT OF HAND UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.

$$

ARK

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