HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS 3/3

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS...CORRECTED EXPIRATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
600 AM CST WED MAR 3 2004

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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS
TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL
BE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS DUE TO ABUNDANT LOW AND MID LEVEL
MOISTURE. THEREFORE...NEAR SATURATED SOILS COULD QUICKLY BECOME
FLOODED.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
HALF OF THE REGION TODAY...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LAMPASAS...
HILLSBORO...TO EMORY LINE.

A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. FORCING ALONG THE FRONT...COUPLED WITH
INCREASING INSTABILITY...AND LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR...COULD PRODUCE
SOME SEVERE STORMS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING. DOWNBURST WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN BE RULED OUT NEAR THE
WARM FRONT.

PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL ALSO PRESENT A HAZARD TODAY. VISIBILITY WILL
BRIEFLY FALL BETWEEN ONE HALF AND 1 MILE THROUGH MID MORNING...AND
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF
NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY...AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE SWEEPS ACROSS THE
STATE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FROM ALONG AN EASTWARD MOVING
DRYLINE. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME HEAVY
RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF
OF THE REGION...WHERE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
GENERALLY NORTH OF A LAMPASAS...HILLSBORO...TO EMORY LINE