Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas (coverage area includes the Oklahoma Panhandle)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK…UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
MON MAR 26 2012

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

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL COMBINE WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT TO CREATE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO STRONG
AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF
ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP…A FEW MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

MARGINAL ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY…AND ALSO ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY NIGHT…AND
ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. IF ANY STORMS DEVELOP DURING THESE TIME
PERIODS…SOME MAY BE STRONG…WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL BEING
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…AND FOR
ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY ACROSS MOST
OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES.

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