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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK…CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
WED MAR 28 2012

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WED MAR 28 2012

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 AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES LATE TODAY INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING DUE TO SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ALONG WITH
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 5 AND 20 PERCENT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS
OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES EARLY THIS EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME MAY BE STRONG… WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY ACROSS MUCH
OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL BUT THE FAR
WESTERN PANHANDLES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AND ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PANHANDLES FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME MAY BE STRONG… WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL 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 LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING AND FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY.

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