Severe Thunderstorm Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

KING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.

DICKENS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DICKENS TO GUTHRIE
MOVING SLOWLY WEST.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SPUR AND MCAD00.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT 8 0 6 7 4 5 1 2 9 0.

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LAT...LON 3339 10019 3340 10105 3382 10105 3381 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 094DEG 4KT 3373 10074

Hazardous Weather Outlook

1130 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAYTIME HEATING WILL
COMBINE WITH ADEQUATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO RESULT IN SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON...INITIALLY ALONG A WEAK
FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED
STORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE
SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

Special Weather Statement

TXZ031-032-037-038-050200-
MOTLEY-COTTLE-DICKENS-KING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...

DICKENS...SPUR...GUTHRIE
730 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MOTLEY...COTTLE...DICKENS AND
KING COUNTIES...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY MOVE WEST AND MERGE INTO A LARGER STORM COMPLEX THROUGH 8
PM. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND DAMAGING
DOWNBURST WINDS AS THEY IMPACT AREAS FROM PADUCAH TO FLOYDADA AND
FROM GUTHRIE TO DICKENS. 

IN ADDITION TO THE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS ESPECIALLY LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE THREAT FOR DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL ALSO EXIST WITH THESE STORMS. 

GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF HAZARDOUS BLOWING DUST TO MOTORISTS...REDUCING
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES BELOW 1/2 MILE. WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SMALL
BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY
AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Dickens, Texas.