FYI: Severe thunderstorm warning in the Texas Panhandle, from the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
357 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

357 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RANDALL…
POTTER AND MOORE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CST…

AT 355 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF DUMAS TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALO
DURO CANYON…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
INCLUDE…
  DUMAS…              CANYON…             AMARILLO…
  VALLEY DE ORO…      UMBARGER…           SUNRAY…
  PALO DURO CANYON…   MASTERSON…          LAKE TANGLEWOOD…
  LAKE MEREDITH…      FOUR WAY…           BUSHLAND…
  BUFFALO LAKE…       TIMBERCREEK CANYON…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 123.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 83.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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