Hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas Forecast Office (includes the Okla. Panhandle)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
623 AM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013

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623 AM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013

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

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT.

CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES TODAY DUE TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY ACROSS THE
WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE FAR WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AS SOUTH
TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TO NEAR 20 PERCENT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES…AND THEN ACROSS
ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. IF STORMS DEVELOP…THEY
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE AND THE FAR WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY.

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