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[TexasStooge]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
525 AM CDT WED APR 23 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. ALTHOUGH SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING HOURS...MOST OF THESE WILL BE ELEVATED
ABOVE A LAYER OF WARM AIR...AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT AS THE CAP ERODES AND INSTABILITY INCREASES. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW
TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST
TO EAST LATE TONIGHT AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES NORTHEAST INTO
SOUTHERN KANSAS.

ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 15 TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH SOME
HIGHER GUSTS. THEREFORE...BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON AREA
LAKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY WEST OF
INTERSTATE 35. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH
TEXAS TONIGHT.