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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK…UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1155 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

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1155 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

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

.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL BUT THE FAR WESTERN
PANHANDLES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WHILE THE
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IS LOW…ANY STORMS THAT ARE ABLE
TO DEVELOP COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL
SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES ON SATURDAY DUE TO
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS ALONG
WITH FORECAST MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 15 PERCENT.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES ON SUNDAY DUE TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF
5 TO 15 PERCENT.

IN ADDITION…STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT MAY
LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MONDAY ACROSS THE AREA.
A WIND ADVISORY MAY ALSO BECOME NECESSARY ON MONDAY ACROSS PARTS OF
THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES DUE TO THE STRONG NORTH WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING IF ANY STORMS DEVELOP.

AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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