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FPUS74 KAMA 300155
NOWAMA

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
854 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-300300-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...BEAVER...BOISE CITY...BOOKER...
BORGER...CANADIAN...CANYON...CLARENDON...CLAUDE...DALHART...DUMAS...
GUYMON...HARTLEY...HEREFORD...MIAMI...PAMPA...PANHANDLE...PERRYTON...
SHAMROCK...SPEARMAN...STRATFORD...VEGA...WELLINGTON
854 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009

.NOW...

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND FOR ALL
BUT THE FAR WESTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THROUGH 10 PM...
CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL
AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE...WILL MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS
WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND ALANREED...MCLEAN...HOWARDWICK...SHAMROCK...
GROOM...LEFORS...CANADIAN...LAKE MARVIN...ALLISON LIPSCOMB...
FOLLETT...SLAPOUT...MOBEETIE...BRISCOE...WHEELER...AND WELLINGTON.
THROUGH 10 PM...HAIL...WINDS GUSTING ABOVE 40 MPH...AND HEAVY
RAINS...PRODUCING HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH OR MORE...
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS IN THESE AREAS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM THROUGH THE EVENING...
MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALVES OF THE PANHANDLES...AS AN UNSTABLE
AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DEVELOPING QUICKLY...AND SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS...
FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
AMARILLO.

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COCKRELL