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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
405 AM CDT WED APR 21 2004
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30 THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS
NORTHEAST OF A GAINESVILLE...MCKINNEY...SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE. AN
INTENSE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS WILL
MOVE EAST OVER OKLAHOMA AND THE RED RIVER AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AMPLE
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL FOCUS IN THIS REGION...WITH
THE ONLY UNCERTAINTY BEING THE STRENGTH OF A WARM CAPPING INVERSION
ALOFT PRESENTLY OVER NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER...ENOUGH LIFT WILL EXIST TO
BREAK THE CAP ACROSS THE THREAT AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW POSSIBLY
SEVERE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS LATE THURSDAY INTO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...AND
OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...AS A
VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT AFFECT THE
REGION. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM INTERSTATE
20 TO THE RED RIVER...WHERE WIND SHEAR WILL BE THE STRONGEST AND
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WHEN INSTABILITY WILL BE
MAXIMIZED WITH DAYTIME HEATING.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
THIS EVENING FOR THOSE AREAS ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A GAINESVILLE...
MCKINNEY...SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE.