Dumas, TX Hazardous Weather Outlook

Dumas, Texas

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 100 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2008
Expiration: 600 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2008

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

.DAY ONE...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL SECTIONS OF
THE PANHANDLES. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE THREAT FOR
LOCALIZED FLOODING.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES. THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF THE TURNING
OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT IMPROVES SUFFICIENTLY...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUS...BOATERS
SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES...WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH
FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS ALL OF THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. SPOTTERS ACROSS THE WESTERN
AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WEATHER OBSERVERS ARE
REQUESTED TO RELAY THEIR RAINFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN AMARILLO.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 526 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2008
Expiration: 400 PM CDT SAT OCT 11 2008

...HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES
TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...

A LARGE AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ORGANIZE
OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES TODAY...THEN MOVE OUT INTO THE PLAINS
STATES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING TROPICAL
MOISTURE FROM DECAYING EASTERN PACIFIC HURRICANE NORBERT NORTHEAST
INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. ALL OF THESE FEATURES
WILL COMBINE TO BRING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
PRESENT TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE
LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES BY MONDAY
NIGHT...WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF THREE
INCHES.

YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER
FOR LATER FORECASTS...STATEMENTS...WATCHES OR WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AMARILLO TEXAS.